New York S 1698: Relates to integrating community supervision programs into an individual's schedule

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S01698 Summary:

BILL NOS01698 

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SAME ASSAME AS A04148

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SPONSORMAY

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COSPNSRGONZALEZ, JACKSON, RAMOS

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §203-g, Lab L

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Enacts the "standing is tiring (sit) act"; requires employers to provide suitable seats to all employees where the nature of such employees' work reasonably permits seated work; prohibits employers from artificially designing a work space to require standing; requires the department of labor to determine whether the nature of work reasonably permits seated work; creates a private right of action for employees whose employer does not provide seats.

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BILL NOS01698 

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01/13/2025REFERRED TO LABOR

01/07/2026REFERRED TO LABOR

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 1698

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 13, 2025
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 Introduced by Sens. MAY, GONZALEZ, JACKSON, RAMOS -- 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 "standing is
 tiring (sit) act"

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

 1 Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "standing
 2 is tiring (sit) act".
 3 § 2. The labor law is amended by adding a new section 203-g to read as
 4 follows:
 5 § 203-g. Employee right to sit. 1. For the purposes of this section,
 6 the following terms shall have the following meanings:
 7 (a) "Employee" means any person within a covered industry providing
 8 labor or services for remuneration for a public or private entity or
 9 business within the state, without regard to an individual's immigration
 10 status, and shall include, but not be limited to, part-time workers,
 11 independent contractors, day laborers, farmworkers and other temporary
 12 and seasonal workers. The term "employee" shall also include individuals
 13 working for staffing agencies, contractors, or subcontractors on behalf
 14 of the employer at any individual worksite.
 15 (b) "Employer" means any individual, partnership, association, corpo-
 16 ration, limited liability company, business trust, legal representative,
 17 public entity, or any organized group acting as employer within a
 18 covered industry.
 19 (c) "Covered industry" means any of the following businesses, indus-
 20 tries, or types of employment, including but not limited to, in private,
 21 university, or nonprofit settings: retail, restaurant, grocery, cler-
 22 ical, carwash, maintenance or janitorial, and healthcare.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD04915-01-5

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 1 2. An employer shall be required to provide suitable seats to all
 2 employees where the nature of such employees' work reasonably permits
 3 seated work.
 4 3. An employer shall be prohibited from designing a work space to
 5 require standing where such work space could reasonably be designed to
 6 permit seated work.
 7 4. Where the nature of an employee's work does not reasonably permit
 8 seated work, the employer shall provide anti-fatigue mats or other ergo-
 9 nomics controls that are conducive to the particular work environment.
 10 5. The department shall promulgate rules and/or regulations for deter-
 11 mining whether the nature of an employee's work reasonably permits seat-
 12 ed work under subdivisions two and four of this section, based on the
 13 totality of the circumstances for each employee, including, but not
 14 limited to, whether:
 15 (a) an employee's tasks can be performed from a chair;
 16 (b) seating an employee would interfere with job performance; and
 17 (c) the physical layout of a work space is conducive to seating.
 18 6. The department shall create signage and educational materials for
 19 the purpose of informing employees of their rights under this section.
 20 Such signage and educational materials shall be made available on the
 21 department's website, and upon request by an employer or employee, in
 22 the twelve most commo