Requires an employer to provide sick leave to an employee who telecommutes at the same rate and under the same conditions that an employee present at the employer's work site would accrue it.
NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A9159
SPONSOR: Carroll P TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the labor law, in relation to eligibility for paid sick
leave
PURPOSE:
This bill would allow employees who telecommute to accrue sick leave
under the same terms as on-site employees.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section one amends the labor law to•allow employees who telecommute to
accrue sick leave based on their hours worked, regardless of the employ-
ee's physical location.
Section two is the effective date.
JUSTIFICATION:
We have seen an increase of remote and hybrid work arrangements since
the COVID19 pandemic, with many employees performing all or part of
their responsibilities off-site. These hybrid and remote employees have
been left out of the state's paid sick leave program. This has created
inconsistencies in accrual practices and has left certain remote and
hybrid workers without access to earned leave protections.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
New bill.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None.
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become a law and
shall apply to the accrual of paid sick leave on and after such effec-
tive date.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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9159
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
October 17, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. P. CARROLL -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Labor
AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to eligibility for paid sick
leave
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 5 of section 196-b of the labor law is amended
2 by adding a new paragraph c to read as follows:
3 c. An employer may not exclude employees who telecommute from the
4 provisions of the sick leave policy established by such employer for
5 employees who physically commute to the employer's work site. An employ-
6 ee who telecommutes shall accrue sick leave at the same rate and under
7 the same conditions that a comparable employee present at the employer's
8 work site would accrue it.
9 § 2. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become a
10 law and shall apply to the accrual of paid sick leave on and after such
11 effective date. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
12 repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of
13 this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed
14 on or before such effective date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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