Bill Text: NY A04453 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Creates some exceptions for excused leave for certain purposes.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - referred to governmental employees [A04453 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-A04453-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4453 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 2, 2017 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. GALEF -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Employees AN ACT to amend the civil service law and the labor law, in relation to excused leave for certain purposes The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivisions 1 and 2 of section 159-b of the civil service 2 law, as amended by chapter 391 of the laws of 2008, are amended to read 3 as follows: 4 1. Every public officer, employee of this state, employee of any 5 county, employee of any community college, employee of any public 6 authority, employee of any public benefit corporation, employee of any 7 board of cooperative educational services (BOCES), employee of any voca- 8 tional education and extension board, or a school district enumerated in 9 section one of chapter five hundred sixty-six of the laws of nineteen 10 hundred sixty-seven, employee of any municipality, employee of any 11 school district or any employee of a participating employer in the New 12 York state and local employees' retirement system or any employee of a 13 participating employer in the New York state teachers' retirement system 14 shall be entitled to absent himself or herself and shall be deemed to 15 have a paid leave of absence from his or her duties or service as such 16 public officer or employee of this state, employee of any county, 17 employee of any community college, employee of any public authority, 18 employee of any public benefit corporation, employee of any board of 19 cooperative educational services (BOCES), employee of any vocational 20 education and extension board, or a school district enumerated in 21 section one of chapter five hundred sixty-six of the laws of nineteen 22 hundred sixty-seven, employee of any municipality, employee of any 23 school district, or any employee of a participating employer in the New 24 York state and local employees' retirement system or any employee of a 25 participating employer in the New York state teachers' retirement system EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD07701-01-7A. 4453 2 1 for a sufficient period of time, not to exceed four hours on an annual 2 basis, to undertake a screening for breast cancer. Provided, however, 3 that the provisions of this section shall not be applicable to any 4 teacher, or full-time educator, who works less than a full year or three 5 hundred sixty-five calendar day year. 6 2. The entire period of the leave of absence granted pursuant to this 7 section shall be excused leave and shall not be charged against any 8 other leave otherwise entitled to by such public officer, employee of 9 this state, employee of any county, employee of any community college, 10 employee of any public authority, employee of any public benefit corpo- 11 ration, employee of any board of cooperative educational services 12 (BOCES), employee of any vocational education and extension board, or a 13 school district enumerated in section one of chapter five hundred 14 sixty-six of the laws of nineteen hundred sixty-seven, employee of any 15 municipality, employee of any school district or any employee of a 16 participating employer in the New York state and local employees' 17 retirement system or any employee of a participating employer in the New 18 York state teachers' retirement system [is otherwise entitled to] 19 provided however, that any teacher, or full-time educator required to 20 work a full-year or three hundred sixty-five calendar day year shall be 21 entitled to the provisions of this section. 22 § 2. Subdivisions 1 and 2 of section 159-c of the civil service law, 23 as amended by chapter 96 of the laws of 2016, are amended to read as 24 follows: 25 1. Every public officer, employee of this state, employee of any 26 county, employee of any community college, employee of any public 27 authority, employee of any public benefit corporation, employee of any 28 board of cooperative educational services (BOCES), employee of any voca- 29 tional education and extension board, or a school district enumerated in 30 section one of chapter five hundred sixty-six of the laws of nineteen 31 hundred sixty-seven, employee of any municipality, employee of any 32 school district or any employee of a participating employer in the New 33 York state and local employees' retirement system or any employee of a 34 participating employer in the New York state teachers' retirement system 35 shall be entitled to absent himself and shall be deemed to have a paid 36 leave of absence from his duties or service as such public officer, 37 employee of this state, employee of any county, employee of any communi- 38 ty college, employee of any public authority, employee of any public 39 benefit corporation, employee of any board of cooperative educational 40 services (BOCES), employee of any vocational education and extension 41 board, or a school district enumerated in section one of chapter five 42 hundred sixty-six of the laws of nineteen hundred sixty-seven, employee 43 of any municipality, employee of any school district, or any employee of 44 a participating employer in the New York state and local employees' 45 retirement system or any employee of a participating employer in the New 46 York state teachers' retirement system for a sufficient period of time, 47 not to exceed four hours on an annual basis, to undertake a screening 48 for prostate cancer. Provided, however, that the provisions of this 49 section shall not be applicable to any teacher or full-time educator who 50 works less than a full-year or three hundred sixty-five calendar day 51 year. 52 2. The entire period of the leave of absence granted pursuant to this 53 section shall be excused leave and shall not be charged against any 54 other leave otherwise entitled to by such public officer, employee of 55 this state, employee of any county, employee of any community college, 56 employee of any public authority, employee of any public benefit corpo-A. 4453 3 1 ration, employee of any board of cooperative educational services 2 (BOCES), employee of any vocational education and extension board, or a 3 school district enumerated in section one of chapter five hundred 4 sixty-six of the laws of nineteen hundred sixty-seven, employee of any 5 municipality, employee of any school district or any employee of a 6 participating employer in the New York state and local employees' 7 retirement system or any employee of a participating employer in the New 8 York state teachers' retirement system [is otherwise entitled to] 9 provided however, that any teacher, or full-time educator required to 10 work a full-year or three hundred sixty-five calendar day year shall be 11 entitled to the provisions of this section. 12 § 3. Section 202-j of the labor law is amended by adding a new subdi- 13 vision 4-a to read as follows: 14 4-a. Notwithstanding any other provision of the law, the provisions of 15 this section shall not apply to any teacher, or full-time educator who 16 is not required to work a full-year or three hundred sixty-five calendar 17 day year. 18 § 4. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become a 19 law.
