S03305 Summary:

BILL NOS03305
 
SAME ASSAME AS UNI. A05306
 
SPONSORGRISANTI
 
COSPNSRBONACIC
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Add S202-l, Lab L
 
Requires employers to authorize absence from or lateness to work if such absence or lateness was due to responding to an emergency as a volunteer firefighter or ambulance worker.
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S03305 Actions:

BILL NOS03305
 
02/15/2011REFERRED TO LABOR
01/04/2012REFERRED TO LABOR
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S03305 Floor Votes:

There are no votes for this bill in this legislative session.
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S03305 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
            S. 3305                                                  A. 5306
 
                               2011-2012 Regular Sessions
 
                SENATE - ASSEMBLY
 
                                    February 15, 2011
                                       ___________
 
        IN  SENATE  --  Introduced  by  Sen.  GRISANTI -- read twice and ordered
          printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Labor
 
        IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. THIELE, SILVER,  CROUCH,  DESTITO,
          LUPARDO -- read once and referred to the Committee on Labor
 

        AN  ACT  to  amend the labor law, in relation to prohibiting an employer
          from terminating an employee who also is a volunteer firefighter or  a
          volunteer  provider  of  emergency medical services when that employee
          misses or is late to work because of an emergency to which the employ-
          ee was dispatched
 
          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 section 202-l to
     2  read as follows:
     3    § 202-l. Authorized absence. 1. If an employee is absent from or  late
     4  to  his  or  her  employment  due  to  his or her engaging in the actual
     5  performance of his or her duties as (a) a volunteer firefighter, or  (b)
     6  an  enrolled member of a volunteer ambulance service pursuant to article

     7  thirty of the public health law, an employer shall  be  prohibited  from
     8  terminating  such  employee solely on the basis of such absence or late-
     9  ness.
    10    2. The entire period of the authorized absence may be charged  against
    11  any other leave such employee is otherwise entitled to, and such author-
    12  ized absence shall include travel both to and from such duties performed
    13  in  his  or  her  capacity as a volunteer. At the employer's request the
    14  employee must provide the employer with a statement from the head of the
    15  volunteer firefighter or volunteer  ambulance  service,  as  applicable,
    16  stating  the  employee  responded  to  an  emergency at the time of such
    17  response.
 

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD07855-01-1

        S. 3305                             2                            A. 5306
 
     1    3. In the event that the employee does not have accrued time to offset
     2  any time lost in an emergency response the employer must either, at  its
     3  option:
     4    (a)  grant  at  least  three hours of authorized absence in any twelve
     5  month period to an employee who has engaged in a volunteer response; or
     6    (b) allow its employees without  use  of  accumulated  leave  time  an
     7  authorized absence for volunteer response during work hours at least two

     8  times per calendar year.
     9    4.  The  commissioner  is hereby authorized to establish any necessary
    10  guidelines, including requirements for documentation  of  the  emergency
    11  response,  validation  of accrued leave, and the conditions of dismissal
    12  and procedures for an employee to seek reinstatement  and  reimbursement
    13  if dismissed on the basis of an authorized absence.
    14    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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