New York S 4304: Enacts the "paid sick leave act"

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S04304 Summary:

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Add Art 5-A §§171 - 181, Lab L

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Enacts the "paid sick leave act"; requires all employers to provide paid sick leave to employees.

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02/04/2025REFERRED TO LABOR

01/07/2026REFERRED TO LABOR

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 4304

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 4, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. PARKER -- 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 enacting the "paid sick
 leave act"

 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 article 5-A to
 2 read as follows:
 3 ARTICLE 5-A
 4 PAID SICK LEAVE
 5 Section 171. Short title.
 6 172. Definitions.
 7 173. Accrual of paid sick leave.
 8 174. Use of paid sick leave.
 9 175. Notice and posting.
 10 176. Employer records.
 11 177. Exercise of rights protected; retaliation prohibited.
 12 178. Enforcement.
 13 179. Waiver by collective bargaining.
 14 180. Minimum requirements.
 15 181. Severability.
 16 § 171. Short title. This article shall be known and may be cited as
 17 the "paid sick leave act".
 18 § 172. Definitions. For the purposes of this article:
 19 1. "Employee" means any individual who performs services for and under
 20 the control and direction of an employer for wages or other remunera-
 21 tion.
 22 2. "Employer" means any person, firm, partnership, institution, limit-
 23 ed liability company, corporation or association that employs one or
 24 more employees; and the state, any political subdivision thereof, any
 25 department, board, bureau, division, commission, committee, public

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD08281-01-5

 S. 4304 2

 1 authority, public corporation, council, office or other governmental
 2 entity performing a governmental or proprietary function for the state
 3 or any political subdivision thereof.
 4 3. "Paid sick leave" means the payment of the full wages of an employ-
 5 ee during any period of such employee's absence from their employment
 6 because of illness, injury, medical condition, need for medical diagno-
 7 sis or treatment for themself or their child, spouse, parent, grandpar-
 8 ent, grandchild, sibling, or aunt or uncle.
 9 4. "Small business" means an employer with less than ten employees
 10 during any week.
 11 § 173. Accrual of paid sick leave. 1. For employees employed by an
 12 employer immediately prior to the effective date of this article, paid
 13 sick leave with such employer shall begin to accrue upon the effective
 14 date of this article. For employees who commence employment with an
 15 employer after the effective date of this article, paid sick leave with
 16 such employer shall begin to accrue on the ninetieth day after the
 17 commencement of such employment.
 18 2. Paid sick leave shall accrue at a rate of one hour of such leave
 19 for every twenty hours worked by the employee for their employer. Paid
 20 sick leave shall accrue in whole hour increments.
 21 3. No employee shall accrue, at any one period of time, more than
 22 eighty hours of paid sick leave; provided, however, that the employee of
 23 a small business shall not accrue more than forty hours of paid sick
 24 leave.
 25 4. Any employer which provides paid sick leave that equals or exceeds
 26 the requirements of subdivisions one, two and three of this section,
 27 shall not be required to provide additional paid sick leave pursuant to
 28 this section.
 29 5. No employer shall be required to provide financial or other
 30 reimbursement for unused accrued paid sick leave, upon the termination,
 31 resignation, retirement or other separation from employment of any
 32 employee.
 33 § 174. Use of paid sick leave. 1. An employee may use paid sick leave
 34 not only when such emplo