New York A 6516: Requires employers to provide paid leave of absence to veterans on Veterans' day

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A06516 Summary:

BILL NOA06516A

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORSeptimo

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Add §219-e, Lab L

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Requires employers to offer paid leave of absence to veterans on Veterans' day, except for emergency or critical employees, who shall be offered another day of paid leave.

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BILL NOA06516A

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03/05/2025referred to labor

01/07/2026referred to labor

05/22/2026amend (t) and recommit to labor

05/22/2026print number 6516a

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 6516--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 March 5, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. SEPTIMO -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Labor -- recommitted to the Committee on Labor in accordance
 with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended,
 ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to requiring employers to
 provide paid leave to veteran employees on Veterans' day

 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 section 219-e to
 2 read as follows:
 3 § 219-e. Leave of absence for veterans on Veterans' day. 1. For the
 4 purposes of this section:
 5 (a) "Employer" means any person, corporation, partnership, limited
 6 liability company, or association employing any individual in any occu-
 7 pation, industry, trade, business, or service. The term "employer" shall
 8 not include the state, any political subdivision of the state, a public
 9 authority, or any other governmental agency or instrumentality.
 10 (b) "Veteran" means the same as defined in subdivision three of
 11 section one of veterans' services law.
 12 (c) "Qualifying condition" means the same as defined in subdivision
 13 eight of section one of the veterans' services law.
 14 (d) "Discharged LGBT veteran" means the same as defined in subdivision
 15 nine of section one of the veterans' services law.
 16 2. Every employer in this state shall give leave of absence with pay
 17 for twenty-four hours on the eleventh day of November, known as Veter-
 18 ans' day, to every employee who (a) is a veteran and has received a
 19 discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable from such service; (b)
 20 is a veteran, has a qualifying condition, and has received a discharge
 21 other than bad conduct or dishonorable from such service; or (c) is a
 22 discharged LGBT veteran and received a discharge other than bad conduct
 23 or dishonorable from such service, except where such employer has desig-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD06990-02-6

 A. 6516--A 2

 1 nated such employee as a critical employee, in which event such person
 2 shall be entitled to leave of absence with pay on another day in lieu
 3 thereof.
 4 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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