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NY A02563

Bill

Status

Passed

8/30/2010

Primary Sponsor

Steven Cymbrowitz

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Origin

Assembly

2009-2010 General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Amends Civil Rights Law by adding section 79-n to prohibit employers from denying funeral or bereavement leave to employees for the death of a same-sex committed partner when such leave is extended for spouses

  • Extends bereavement leave protections to cover the death of a same-sex partner's child, parent, or other relative on the same basis as opposite-sex spouses

  • Defines same-sex committed partners as those who are financially and emotionally interdependent in a manner commonly presumed of spouses

  • Takes effect sixty days after becoming law

Legislative Description

Provides that employers who extend funeral or bereavement leave to an employee for the death of a spouse, child, parent or other relative shall not deny the same leave for the death of an employee's same-sex committed partner; defines same-sex committed partners as those who are financially and emotionally interdependent in a manner commonly presumed of spouses.

Last Action

signed chap.423

8/30/2010

Committee Referrals

Finance6/7/2010
Investigations and Government Operations5/6/2009
Ways and Means4/6/2009
Governmental Operations1/20/2009

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