Relates to a leave of absence for military spouses; removes the requirement that leave be used when a person's spouse is on leave while deployed to a combat theater or combat zone of operations.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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1978
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 18, 2019
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Introduced by M. of A. HAWLEY, DiPIETRO, McDONOUGH, PALMESANO, RAIA,
STEC, STECK, FINCH -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. CROUCH, GIGLIO --
read once and referred to the Committee on Labor
AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to a leave of absence for
military spouses
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 202-i of the labor law is amended by adding a new
2 subdivision 5 to read as follows:
3 5. The spouse of a member of the armed forces of the United States,
4 national guard or reserves who has been deployed, shall be allowed up to
5 ten days unpaid leave by their employer. Such leave shall only be used
6 when such person's spouse is on leave from the armed forces of the
7 United States, national guard, or reserves after having been deployed
8 for a period of no less than one hundred twenty days.
9 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD02105-01-9
