STATE OF NEW YORK
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6298
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
March 10, 2025
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Introduced by Sen. SANDERS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Labor
AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to requiring that employees
laid off due to the COVID-19 state disaster emergency retain their
salary, seniority and benefits once rehired
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 219-e to
2 read as follows:
3 § 219-e. Rights of rehired employees. Any employee who has had their
4 employment terminated other than a discharge for cause, voluntary depar-
5 ture, or retirement during the COVID-19 state disaster emergency period
6 beginning on March seventh, two thousand twenty declared pursuant to
7 executive order two hundred two of two thousand twenty and has been
8 rehired by the same person, corporation, limited liability company, or
9 association previously employing such individual in any occupation,
10 industry, trade, business or service shall retain the salary, seniority,
11 and benefits that such employee had accrued prior to such termination of
12 employment.
13 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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