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NY S03346
Bill
Status
2/17/2011
Primary Sponsor
Carl Kruger
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AI Summary
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Requires each New York City agency to establish a teleworking policy and program allowing employees to perform all or part of their duties remotely to the maximum extent possible without diminishing performance.
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Mandates each agency designate a "telework coordinator" responsible for overseeing implementation of teleworking programs.
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Defines "telework" as performing normal work functions at a location other than the agency's principal location, thereby eliminating or substantially reducing physical commutes.
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Aims to reduce traffic congestion, alleviate overcrowding in mass transit systems, and improve health, safety, and economic vitality in the New York City metropolitan region.
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Takes effect on the ninetieth day after becoming law.
Legislative Description
Enacts the "New York city teleworking expansion act"; provides that each agency shall establish a policy and program to allow employees to perform all or a portion of their duties through teleworking to the maximum extent possible without diminished employee performance; defines the term "telework" to mean to perform normal and regular work functions on a workday that ordinarily would be performed at the agency's principal location at a different location, thereby eliminating or substantially reducing the physical commute to and from such agency's principal location.
Last Action
REFERRED TO CITIES
2/17/2011