Bill Text: NY S03049 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to amending the definition of employer to include all employers within the state.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS [S03049 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S03049-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          3049
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    February 1, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  Sen. SANDERS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
          ment Operations
        AN ACT to amend the executive law, in  relation  to  the  definition  of
          employer
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Subdivision 5 of section  292  of  the  executive  law,  as
     2  amended  by  chapter  363  of  the  laws  of 2015, is amended to read as
     3  follows:
     4    5. The term "employer" [does not include any employer with fewer  than
     5  four  persons  in  his  or her employ except as set forth in section two
     6  hundred ninety-six-b of this article, provided,  however,  that  in  the
     7  case  of  an action for discrimination based on sex pursuant to subdivi-
     8  sion one of section two hundred ninety-six of this article, with respect
     9  to sexual harassment  only,  the  term  "employer"]  shall  include  all
    10  employers within the state.
    11    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD09173-01-9