Comments: NY A10697 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly

Bill Title: Enacts the "standing is tiring (sit) act"; requires employers to provide suitable seats to all employees where the nature of such employees' work reasonably permits seated work; prohibits employers from artificially designing a work space to require standing; requires the department of labor to determine whether the nature of work reasonably permits seated work; creates a private right of action for employees whose employer does not provide seats.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-09-09 - referred to labor [A10697 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

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