STATE OF NEW YORK
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                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                       (Prefiled)
                                     January 9, 2019
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  ORTT  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed 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