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NY A02563
Bill
Status
8/30/2010
Primary Sponsor
Steven Cymbrowitz
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AI Summary
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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
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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
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Defines same-sex committed partners as those who are financially and emotionally interdependent in a manner commonly presumed of spouses
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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