S04988 Summary:
BILL NO | S04988 |
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SAME AS | SAME AS A09856 |
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SPONSOR | FOLEY |
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COSPNSR | MAZIARZ |
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MLTSPNSR | |
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Add S202-l, Lab L | |
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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. |
S04988 Actions:
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04/27/2009 | REFERRED TO LABOR | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/01/2009 | 1ST REPORT CAL.513 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/02/2009 | 2ND REPORT CAL. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/03/2009 | ADVANCED TO THIRD READING | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
07/16/2009 | COMMITTED TO RULES | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/06/2010 | REFERRED TO LABOR | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
02/22/2010 | REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO CODES | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
04/07/2010 | 1ST REPORT CAL.331 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
04/08/2010 | 2ND REPORT CAL. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
04/12/2010 | ADVANCED TO THIRD READING | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/24/2010 | PASSED SENATE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/24/2010 | DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/24/2010 | referred to labor | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/08/2010 | substituted for a9856 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/08/2010 | ordered to third reading rules cal.67 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/08/2010 | passed assembly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/08/2010 | returned to senate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
08/18/2010 | DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
08/30/2010 | VETOED MEMO.6791 |
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Rosenthal
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Canestrari
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Fitzpatrick
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Kellner
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Morelle
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S04988 Text:
Go to top STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4988 2009-2010 Regular Sessions IN SENATE April 27, 2009 ___________ Introduced by Sen. FOLEY -- 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 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. 18 3. In the event that the employee does not have accrued time to offset 19 any time lost in an emergency response the employer must either, at its 20 option: 21 (a) grant at least three hours of authorized absence in any twelve 22 month period to an employee who has engaged in a volunteer response; or EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD11619-01-9S. 4988 2 1 (b) allow its employees without use of accumulated leave time an 2 authorized absence for volunteer response during work hours at least two 3 times per calendar year. 4 4. The commissioner is hereby authorized to establish any necessary 5 guidelines, including requirements for documentation of the emergency 6 response, validation of accrued leave, and the conditions of dismissal 7 and procedures for an employee to seek reinstatement and reimbursement 8 if dismissed on the basis of an authorized absence. 9 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.