New York S 3945: Requires employers to provide paid vacation time

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S03945 Summary:

BILL NOS03945 

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SAME ASSAME AS A00892

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SPONSORRAMOS

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COSPNSRBRISPORT, SALAZAR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §196-e, Lab L

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Requires employers to provide paid vacation time which is based on the length of time employees have been employed by such employers.

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BILL NOS03945 

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01/30/2025REFERRED TO LABOR

01/07/2026REFERRED TO LABOR

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 3945

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 30, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. RAMOS, BRISPORT, SALAZAR -- 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 to
 provide paid vacation time

 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 196-e to
 2 read as follows:
 3 § 196-e. Paid vacation. 1. Every employer shall offer paid vacation to
 4 each eligible employee based on length of employment, as follows:
 5 a. After one full year of employment, each employee shall be offered
 6 up to two weeks of paid vacation;
 7 b. After three full years of employment, each employee shall be
 8 offered up to three weeks of paid vacation; and
 9 c. After five full years of employment, each employee shall be offered
 10 up to four weeks of paid vacation.
 11 2. Any employee working an average of twenty hours per week or more
 12 shall be eligible for paid vacation pursuant to this section.
 13 3. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit or prevent
 14 an employer from providing an amount of paid vacation which is in excess
 15 of the requirements set forth in subdivision one of this section, or
 16 from adopting a paid leave policy that provides additional benefits to
 17 employees. An employer may elect to provide its employees with the total
 18 amount of paid vacation required to fulfill its obligations pursuant to
 19 subdivision one of this section at the beginning of the calendar year,
 20 provided, however that no employer shall be permitted to reduce or
 21 revoke any such paid vacation based on the number of hours actually
 22 worked by an employee during the calendar year if such employer elects
 23 pursuant to this subdivision.
 24 4. No employer shall be permitted to penalize any employee for exer-
 25 cising their right to vacation time pursuant to this section. No employ-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02126-01-5

 S. 3945 2

 1 er shall be permitted to intimidate an employee into not exercising
 2 their right to vacation time under this section.
 3 5. Employers shall set reasonable policies and expectations around
 4 granting employee vacation requests. Such policies may require the
 5 employee to provide a certain amount of notice to the employer prior to
 6 the start of the employee's vacation time; provided, however, that no
 7 employer shall require more than four full weeks prior notice.
 8 6. Paid vacation time shall be granted in consecutive days. Employees
 9 entitled to more than one week of paid vacation time shall be permitted
 10 to take such time in non-consecutive weeks if requested by the employee;
 11 provided, however, that an employer may not require vacation time to be
 12 taken in non-consecutive weeks.
 13 7. No employer shall require any employee to undertake any action,
 14 including communication and correspondence, related to their employment
 15 during the duration of their paid vacation time.
 16 8. Any employee, with the consent of their employer, may choose to
 17 forgo their paid vacation time. Any employee who chooses to forgo their
 18 paid vacation time shall be paid at a rate of double their standard
 19 wages for a length of time equal to the amount of paid vacation time
 20 such employee was entitled to. Such payment shall be paid to such
 21 employee before the end of their employment year.
 22 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.