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 4-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-04-18 - PRINT NUMBER 1997A [S01997 Detail]

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Amended	2023-01-18	HTML/Text	Link	View
Introduced	2023-01-18	HTML/Text	Link	View

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