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A01664 Summary:

BILL NOA01664 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORRosenthal

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §19, Lab L

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Allows employees to use dysmenorrhea as a reason for use of sick leave.

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BILL NOA01664 

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01/10/2025referred to labor

01/07/2026referred to labor

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1664

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 10, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Labor

 AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to dysmenorrhea and use of
 sick leave

 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 19 to read
 2 as follows:
 3 § 19. Sick leave; dysmenorrhea. 1. For purposes of this section:
 4 (a) "employer" means a state agency, an office or department, a unit
 5 of local government, a school district, an individual, a partnership, an
 6 association, a corporation or a nonprofit organization, which employs
 7 one or more employees in the state of New York;
 8 (b) "dysmenorrhea" means painful menstruation, typically involving
 9 abdominal cramps; and
 10 (c) "sick leave" shall not include any benefit provided under an
 11 employee welfare benefit plan subject to the federal Employee Retirement
 12 Income Security Act of 1974 and shall not include any insurance benefit,
 13 workers' compensation benefit, unemployment compensation disability
 14 benefit, or benefit not payable from the employer.
 15 2. Any employee working for an employer, which provides sick leave for
 16 its employees, shall be entitled to utilize such employee's accrued and
 17 available sick leave as a result of suffering from dysmenorrhea. Such
 18 leave may be taken in either full day or partial day increments.
 19 3. Except as otherwise provided pursuant to a valid collective
 20 bargaining agreement, an employer who provides sick leave for employees
 21 shall permit an employee to use in any calendar year, such employee's
 22 accrued and available sick leave pursuant to this section.
 23 § 2. Nothing in this act shall be construed to impede, infringe or
 24 diminish the rights and benefits which accrue to employees through bona
 25 fide collective bargaining agreements, or otherwise diminish the integ-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD04107-01-5

 A. 1664 2

 1 rity of existing collective bargaining agreements and other past prac-
 2 tices.
 3 § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
 4 it shall have become a law; provided however, the provisions of this act
 5 shall not supersede any collective bargaining agreement, during its
 6 term, in existence on the effective date of this act.

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