Bill Text: NY A07183 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Provides that employers shall not require veterans to work on Veterans' Day and that veterans shall be entitled to receive wages for such day.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - referred to judiciary [A07183 Detail]
Download: New_York-2011-A07183-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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7183
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
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 S 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 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD10691-01-1
