Bill Text: NY A09081 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended

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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 19-2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-05-17 - held for consideration in labor [A09081 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A09081-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         9081--A
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 25, 2016
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        Introduced  by M. of A. HAWLEY, BUTLER, CURRAN, DiPIETRO, GRAF, LUPINAC-
          CI, McDONOUGH, PALMESANO, RAIA, SKOUFIS, STEC, STECK, SALADINO,  FINCH
          --  Multi-Sponsored  by  --  M. of A. CERETTO, CROUCH, DUPREY, GIGLIO,
          McKEVITT, McLAUGHLIN, OAKS, SIMANOWITZ -- read once  and  referred  to
          the  Committee on Labor -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
          reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
        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.
                                                                   LBD13277-04-6