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NY A10697
Bill
Status
9/9/2022
Primary Sponsor
Karines Reyes
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AI Summary
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Requires employers to provide suitable seats to all employees where the nature of their work reasonably permits seated work
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Prohibits employers from designing work spaces to require standing where the work could reasonably be performed from a seated position
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Directs the Department of Labor to promulgate rules determining whether work reasonably permits seated work, considering whether tasks can be performed from a chair, whether seating would interfere with job performance, and whether the work space layout is conducive to seating
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Grants employees a private right of action to sue employers for damages for failure to provide suitable seating in violation of the law
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Takes effect one year after becoming law
Legislative Description
Enacts the "standing is tiring (sit) act"; requires employers to provide suitable seats to all employees where the nature of such employees' work reasonably permits seated work; prohibits employers from artificially designing a work space to require standing; requires the department of labor to determine whether the nature of work reasonably permits seated work; creates a private right of action for employees whose employer does not provide seats.
Last Action
referred to labor
9/9/2022