STATE OF NEW YORK
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8115
IN SENATE
March 29, 2018
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Introduced by Sen. SANDERS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
ment Operations
AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to the definition of
employer
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 5 of section 292 of the executive law, as
2 amended by chapter 363 of the laws of 2015, is amended to read as
3 follows:
4 5. The term "employer" [does not include any employer with fewer than
5 four persons in his or her employ except as set forth in section two
6 hundred ninety-six-b of this article, provided, however, that in the
7 case of an action for discrimination based on sex pursuant to subdivi-
8 sion one of section two hundred ninety-six of this article, with respect
9 to sexual harassment only, the term "employer"] shall include all
10 employers within the state.
11 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD15177-01-8