Bill Text: NY A01978 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: 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.
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 15-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-07-15 - held for consideration in labor [A01978 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-A01978-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1978 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 18, 2019 ___________ 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