New York S 8677: Relates to eligibility for paid sick leave

Status: ADVANCED TO THIRD READING (as of 2026-04-27)

State: New York · Session: 2025-2026 · Bill: S 8677

Sponsors: Christopher Ryan

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S08677 Summary:

BILL NOS08677 

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SAME ASSAME AS A09159

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Amd §196-b, Lab L

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Requires an employer to provide sick leave to an employee who telecommutes at the same rate and under the same conditions that an employee present at the employer's work site would accrue it.

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BILL NOS08677 

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01/07/2026REFERRED TO LABOR

04/21/20261ST REPORT CAL.729

04/22/20262ND REPORT CAL.

04/27/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

06/05/2026COMMITTED TO RULES

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 8677

 IN SENATE

 January 7, 2026
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 Introduced by Sen. C. RYAN -- 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 eligibility for paid sick
 leave

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 5 of section 196-b of the labor law is amended
 2 by adding a new paragraph c to read as follows:
 3 c. An employer may not exclude employees who telecommute from the
 4 provisions of the sick leave policy established by such employer for
 5 employees who physically commute to the employer's work site. An employ-
 6 ee who telecommutes shall accrue sick leave at the same rate and under
 7 the same conditions that a comparable employee present at the employer's
 8 work site would accrue it.
 9 § 2. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become a
 10 law and shall apply to the accrual of paid sick leave on and after such
 11 effective date. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
 12 repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of
 13 this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed
 14 on or before such effective date.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD13851-01-5

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