Bill Text: NY S00674 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Enacts the "Parental Involvement Leave Act" requiring employers to grant employees up to 16 hours leave during any school year to attend school conferences or classroom activities related to the employee's child if the conference or activity cannot be scheduled during nonwork hours; defines "employer" as a state agency, officer, or department, a unit of local government, a school district, an individual, a corporation, a partnership, an association, or a nonprofit organization which employs 50 or more employees in NYS; provides that such leave may not be taken unless the employee has exhausted all accrued leave and any leave that may be granted (except sick leave and disability leave); provides that these provisions do not require that an employee receive compensation for such leave; related provisions.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 0000-00-00 - [S00674 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S00674-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           674
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                       (Prefiled)
                                     January 7, 2015
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- 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 the  parental  involvement
          leave act
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. The labor law is amended by adding a new article 21 to read
     2  as follows:
     3                                 ARTICLE 21
     4                       PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT LEAVE ACT
     5  Section 750. Short title.
     6          751. Definitions.
     7          752. School conference and activity leave.
     8          753. Notification.
     9          754. Verification.
    10          755. Employee rights.
    11          756. Limits on leave.
    12    § 750. Short title. This article shall be known and may  be  cited  as
    13  the "parental involvement leave act".
    14    § 751. Definitions. As used in this article:
    15    1.  The  term "employee" means a person who performs services for hire
    16  for an employer for:
    17    a. at least six consecutive months immediately preceding a request for
    18  leave under this article; and
    19    b. an average number of hours per week equal to at least one-half  the
    20  full-time  equivalent positions in the employers' job classification, as
    21  defined by the employers' personnel policies or practices or in  accord-
    22  ance with a collective bargaining agreement, during those six months.
    23    2. The term "employee" shall not include an independent contractor.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00395-01-5