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S05991 Summary:

BILL NOS05991 

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SAME ASSAME AS A06620

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SPONSORRAMOS

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §196-b, Lab L

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Requires employers provide its employees paid leave and sets requirements for paid leave.

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BILL NOS05991 

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03/04/2025REFERRED TO LABOR

01/07/2026REFERRED TO LABOR

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 5991

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 4, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. RAMOS -- 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 requiring employers
 provide its employees with paid leave

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "let
 2 employees access vacation time easily (LEAVE) act".
 3 § 2. Section 196-b of the labor law, as added by section 1 of part J
 4 of chapter 56 of the laws of 2020, subdivision 2, paragraph a of subdi-
 5 vision 5, subdivisions 7 and 10 as amended and subdivision 4-a as added
 6 by section 1 of part M of chapter 55 of the laws of 2024, is amended to
 7 read as follows:
 8 § 196-b. [Sick] Paid sick leave and paid leave requirements. 1. Every
 9 employer shall be required to provide its employees with sick leave and
 10 paid leave as follows:
 11 a. For employers with four or fewer employees in any calendar year,
 12 each employee shall be provided with up to forty hours of unpaid sick
 13 leave in each calendar year; provided, however, an employer that employs
 14 four or fewer employees in any calendar year and that has a net income
 15 of greater than one million dollars in the previous tax year shall
 16 provide each employee with up to forty hours of paid sick leave and
 17 forty hours of paid leave pursuant to this section;
 18 b. For employers with between five and ninety-nine employees in any
 19 calendar year, each employee shall be provided with up to forty hours of
 20 paid sick leave and forty hours of paid leave in each calendar year; and
 21 c. For employers with one hundred or more employees in any calendar
 22 year, each employee shall be provided with up to fifty-six hours of paid
 23 sick leave and forty hours of paid leave each calendar year.
 24 For purposes of determining the number of employees pursuant to this
 25 subdivision, a calendar year shall mean the twelve-month period from
 26 January first through December thirty-first. For all other purposes, a
 27 calendar year shall either mean the twelve-month period from January

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD07972-01-5

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 1 first through December thirty-first, or a regular and consecutive
 2 twelve-month period, as determined by an employer.
 3 2. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit or prevent
 4 an employer from providing an amount of sick leave, paid or unpaid, paid
 5 leave, or paid prenatal personal leave which is in excess of the
 6 requirements set forth in subdivision one and subdivision four-a of this
 7 section, or from adopting a paid leave policy that provides additional
 8 benefits to employees. An employer may elect to provide its employees
 9 with the total amount of sick leave and paid leave required to fulfill
 10 its obligations pursuant to subdivision one of this section at the
 11 beginning of the calendar year, provided, however that no employer shall
 12 be permitted to reduce or revoke any such sick leave or paid leave based
 13 on the number of hours actually worked by an employee during the calen-
 14 dar year if such employer elects pursuant to this subdivision.
 15 3. Employees shall accrue sick leave and paid leave at a rate of not
 16 less than one hour per every thirty hours worked, beginning at the
 17 commencement of employment or the effective date of this section, which-
 18 ever is later, subject to the use and accrual limitations set forth in
 19 this section.
 20 4. a. On and after January fir