STATE OF NEW YORK
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7183
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
April 15, 2011
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Introduced by M. of A. THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Judiciary
AN ACT to amend the general construction law, in relation to the employ-
ment of veterans on Veterans' day
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The general construction law is amended by adding a new
2 section 24-b to read as follows:
3 § 24-b. Employment of veterans on Veterans' day. No employer shall
4 require any honorably discharged veteran of any of the armed forces of
5 the United States to work during the course of Veterans' day, November
6 eleventh, nor shall any such veteran fail to receive wages for such day
7 as a result of his or her absence from work on such day if, during the
8 course of a typical work week, it would be customary for such veteran to
9 work such day. Nothing in this section shall prevent a veteran who, upon
10 giving consent to his or her employer to work on Veterans' day, works on
11 such day.
12 § 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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