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A00218 Summary:

BILL NOA00218 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORRozic (MS)

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COSPNSRRosenthal, Seawright, Simon, Reyes, Raga

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MLTSPNSRCook, Glick, Rivera

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Add §171, Lab L

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Relates to flexible working arrangements; provides that employees may submit a request for flexible working arrangements in good faith; requires the employer to notify the employee of the decision; prohibits employers from retaliating against employees for exercising rights under the section.

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BILL NOA00218 

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01/08/2025referred to labor

01/07/2026referred to labor

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 218

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. ROZIC, ROSENTHAL, SEAWRIGHT, SIMON, REYES, RAGA
 -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COOK, GLICK, RIVERA -- read once and
 referred to the Committee on Labor

 AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to flexible working arrange-
 ments

 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 171 to
 2 read as follows:
 3 § 171. Flexible working arrangement. 1. Definitions. a. For the
 4 purposes of this section, "flexible working arrangement" shall mean
 5 intermediate or long-term changes in the employee's regular working
 6 arrangements, including but not limited to, changes in the number of
 7 days or hours worked, changes in the time the employee arrives at or
 8 departs from work, work from home, or job-sharing. "Flexible working
 9 arrangement" shall not include vacation, routine scheduling of shifts,
 10 or another form of employee leave.
 11 b. For the purposes of this section, "inconsistent with business oper-
 12 ations" shall mean a determination by the employer based on the follow-
 13 ing considerations: (i) the burden on an employer of undue additional
 14 costs; (ii) a legitimate or practical detrimental effect on aggregate
 15 employee morale unrelated to discrimination or other unlawful employment
 16 practices; (iii) a legitimate or practical detrimental effect on the
 17 ability of an employer to meet consumer demand; (iv) a significant
 18 inability to reorganize work among existing staff; (v) a legitimate or
 19 practical inability to recruit additional staff; (vi) a significant
 20 detrimental impact on business quality or business performance; (vii) an
 21 insufficiency of work during the periods the employee proposes to work;
 22 (viii) planned structural changes to the business; and (ix) any other
 23 reasons as specified by the commissioner.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01381-01-5

 A. 218 2

 1 2. a. An employee may request a flexible working arrangement that
 2 meets the needs of both the employer and employee. The employer shall
 3 consider and respond to such request pursuant to the provisions of this
 4 section.
 5 b. The employer shall respond to the request for a flexible working
 6 arrangement from the employee, and shall consider the employee's request
 7 for a flexible working arrangement and whether the request or a similar
 8 arrangement could be granted in a manner that is not inconsistent with
 9 its business operations or its legal or contractual obligations. An
 10 employer may establish reasonable standards to determine the time,
 11 place, and manner in which the employer shall discuss the request pursu-
 12 ant to this subdivision.
 13 c. The employer shall notify the employee of the decision regarding
 14 the request in a reasonably timely manner, but in no cases shall such
 15 decision be provided later than forty-five days from receipt of such a
 16 request. If the request was submitted in writing, the employer shall
 17 state any complete or partial denial of the request in writing, citing
 18 the reason as to denying the request.
 19 3. This section shall not diminish any employment rights or agreements
 20 pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement. An employ