A00284 Summary:

BILL NOA00284
 
SAME ASSAME AS S01834
 
SPONSORKim
 
COSPNSRMillman, Colton
 
MLTSPNSRClark, Markey, Mosley, Perry
 
Add Art 21 SS750 - 756, Lab L
 
Enacts the "Parental Involvement Leave Act" requiring employers to grant employees up to 16 hours leave during any school year to attend school conferences or classroom activities related to the employee's child if the conference or activity cannot be scheduled during nonwork hours; defines "employer" as "a state agency, officer, or department, a unit of local government, a school district, an individual, a corporation, a partnership, an association, or a nonprofit organization which employs 50 or more employees in NYS; provides that such leave may not be taken unless the employee has exhausted all accrued leave and any leave that may be granted (except sick leave and disability leave); provides that these provisions do not require that an employee receive compensation for such leave; related provisions.
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A00284 Actions:

BILL NOA00284
 
01/09/2013referred to labor
01/08/2014referred to labor
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A00284 Floor Votes:

There are no votes for this bill in this legislative session.
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A00284 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                           284
 
                               2013-2014 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                       (Prefiled)
 
                                     January 9, 2013
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by M. of A. KIM -- read once and referred to the Committee on
          Labor
 
        AN  ACT  to amend the labor law, in relation to the parental involvement
          leave act
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-

        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. The labor law is amended by adding a new article 21 to read
     2  as follows:
     3                                 ARTICLE 21
     4                       PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT LEAVE ACT
     5  Section 750. Short title.
     6          751. Definitions.
     7          752. School conference and activity leave.
     8          753. Notification.
     9          754. Verification.
    10          755. Employee rights.
    11          756. Limits on leave.
    12    §  750.  Short  title. This article shall be known and may be cited as
    13  the "parental involvement leave act".
    14    § 751. Definitions. As used in this article:
    15    1. The term "employee" means a person who performs services  for  hire

    16  for an employer for:
    17    a. at least six consecutive months immediately preceding a request for
    18  leave under this article; and
    19    b.  an average number of hours per week equal to at least one-half the
    20  full-time equivalent positions in the employers' job classification,  as
    21  defined  by the employers' personnel policies or practices or in accord-
    22  ance with a collective bargaining agreement, during those six months.
    23    2. The term "employee" shall not include an independent contractor.
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD03071-01-3

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     1    3. The term "employer" means any of the  following:  a  state  agency,
     2  officer,  or  department, a unit of local government, a school district,
     3  an individual, a  corporation,  a  partnership,  an  association,  or  a
     4  nonprofit  organization  which  employs  fifty  or more employees in the
     5  state of New York.
     6    4.  The  term  "child"  means a biological, adopted or foster child, a
     7  stepchild or a legal ward of an employee who is enrolled in a primary or
     8  secondary public or private school in this state.
     9    5. The term "school" means any public or private primary or  secondary
    10  school or educational facility located in this state.
    11    6. The term "school administrator" means a principal or similar admin-

    12  istrator who is responsible for the operations of a school.
    13    § 752. School conference and activity leave. 1. An employer must grant
    14  an  employee  leave  of up to a total of sixteen hours during any school
    15  year, no more than four hours of which may be taken on any given day, to
    16  attend school conferences or classroom activities related to the employ-
    17  ee's child if the conference or classroom activities cannot be scheduled
    18  during nonwork hours; however, no leave may be taken by an  employee  of
    19  an employer that is subject to the provisions of this article unless the
    20  employee  has  exhausted  all  accrued  vacation  leave, personal leave,
    21  compensatory leave and any other  leave  that  may  be  granted  to  the

    22  employee  except  sick  leave  and  disability  leave.  Before arranging
    23  attendance at any  such  conference  or  activity,  the  employee  shall
    24  provide  the  employer  with  a written request for leave at least seven
    25  days prior to the time the employee is required to utilize  such  leave.
    26  In  emergency situations, no more than twenty-four hours notice shall be
    27  required. The employee must consult with the employer  to  schedule  the
    28  leave so as not to unduly disrupt the operations of the employer.
    29    2.  Nothing  in this article requires that an employee receive compen-
    30  sation for the duration of such leave.
    31    3. For regularly scheduled, non emergency conferences  or  activities,

    32  schools  shall  make  time  available for such conferences or activities
    33  during both regular school hours and evening hours.
    34    § 753. Notification. The commissioner of education shall  notify  each
    35  public and private primary and secondary school regarding the provisions
    36  of this article.  Each public and private school shall notify parents or
    37  guardians  of the school's students of its school visitation policy. The
    38  department shall notify employers regarding the provisions of this arti-
    39  cle.
    40    § 754. Verification. Upon completion of school conference and activity
    41  leave by a parent or guardian and  if  requested,  the  school  adminis-
    42  tration shall provide the parent or guardian documentation verifying the

    43  school visit. Employers may request this verification and employees must
    44  submit same.
    45    §  755. Employee rights. Nothing in this article shall be construed to
    46  affect an employer's obligation to comply with any collective bargaining
    47  agreement or employee  benefit  plan.  Nothing  in  this  article  shall
    48  prevent  an employer from approving school conference and activity leave
    49  in excess of the requirements of this article.
    50    § 756. Limits on leave. No employer that is subject to the  provisions
    51  of  this  article  is  required  to grant school conference and activity
    52  leave to an employee if granting the leave would  result  in  more  than
    53  five  percent  of  the employers' work force taking school conference or

    54  activity leave at the same time.
    55    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
    56  it shall have become a law.
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