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NY S07717
Bill
Status
2/12/2018
Primary Sponsor
Tony Avella
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AI Summary
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Each New York City agency must establish a teleworking policy and program allowing employees to perform all or part of their duties remotely to the maximum extent possible without reducing performance.
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Each agency shall 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 to eliminate or substantially reduce commuting.
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Legislation aims to reduce traffic congestion, improve mass transit operations, and address overcrowding in the New York City metropolitan region by enabling employees to work from home.
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Act takes effect 90 days 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
2/12/2018