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NY A04148
Bill
Status
1/31/2025
Primary Sponsor
Karines Reyes
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AI Summary
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Requires employers in covered industries (retail, restaurant, grocery, clerical, carwash, janitorial, and healthcare) to provide suitable seats to employees whose work reasonably permits sitting
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Prohibits employers from designing workspaces to require standing when the space could reasonably be designed to permit seated work
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Mandates anti-fatigue mats or other ergonomic controls for employees whose work does not reasonably permit seating
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Establishes an online complaint system with the Department of Labor, requiring violation notices within 45 days and imposing fines of at least $100 per day for non-compliance after notice
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Grants employees a private right of action for damages against employers who fail to provide suitable seating, with a rebuttable presumption of retaliation if adverse action occurs within 90 days of filing a complaint
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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
1/7/2026