New York S 3354: Relates to transfer of sick time

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S03354 Summary:

BILL NOS03354 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORSANDERS

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COSPNSRJACKSON

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §159-e, Civ Serv L

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Allows certain employees to transfer or receive sick time from a fellow employee.

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BILL NOS03354 

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01/27/2025REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

04/08/2025REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

01/28/2026REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 3354

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 27, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. SANDERS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service and Pensions

 AN ACT to amend the civil service law, in relation to transfer of sick
 time

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

 1 Section 1. The civil service law is amended by adding a new section
 2 159-e to read as follows:
 3 § 159-e. Transfer of sick time. 1. For purposes of this section, the
 4 following terms shall have the following meanings:
 5 (a) "donor" shall mean an individual who donates sick time to a fellow
 6 employee;
 7 (b) "recipient" shall mean an individual who receives donated sick
 8 time from a fellow employee;
 9 (c) "fellow employee" shall mean an individual employed under the
 10 jurisdiction of the same civil service commission as another;
 11 (d) "state commission" shall have the same meaning as defined in
 12 subdivision one of section two of this chapter; and
 13 (e) "municipal commission" shall have the same meaning as defined in
 14 subdivision four of section two of this chapter.
 15 2. Every public officer, employee of this state, employee of any coun-
 16 ty, employee of any community college, employee of any public authority,
 17 employee of any public benefit corporation, employee of any board of
 18 cooperative educational services (BOCES), employee of any vocational
 19 education and extension board, or a school district enumerated in
 20 section one of chapter five hundred sixty-six of the laws of nineteen
 21 hundred sixty-seven, employee of any municipality, employee of any
 22 school district or any employee of a participating employer in the New
 23 York state and local employees' retirement system or any employee of a
 24 participating employer in the New York state teachers' retirement system

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD07868-01-5

 S. 3354 2

 1 shall be entitled to transfer or receive sick time from a fellow employ-
 2 ee.
 3 3. In order to transfer such sick time the following restrictions
 4 shall apply:
 5 (a) An employee under the jurisdiction of the state commission shall
 6 only be permitted to receive donated sick time from a fellow employee
 7 under the jurisdiction of the state commission;
 8 (b) An employee under the jurisdiction of any municipal commission
 9 shall only be permitted to receive donated sick time from a fellow
 10 employee under the jurisdiction of the same municipal commission;
 11 (c) An employee under the jurisdiction of a school district shall only
 12 be permitted to receive donated sick time from a fellow employee under
 13 the jurisdiction of the same school district;
 14 (d) A recipient shall only be permitted to receive and use donated
 15 sick time from a fellow employee if such recipient has exhausted all
 16 personal sick time. Personal sick time shall be deemed exhausted when an
 17 employee has a balance of zero hours or less than the number of hours
 18 necessary to complete approved sick leave; and
 19 (e) An employer may reserve the right to require that employees
 20 provide a written referral from a physician or other duly authorized
 21 health care provider or proof of familial emergency for such sick leave
 22 to be approved.
 23 4. Nothing in this section shall be deemed to supersede or diminish
 24 the terms, rights, privileges, or remedies of any employee under any
 25 collective bargain