A5642 (2023-24 session)
NY State bill
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.
- Title
- Enacts the "standing is tiring (sit) act"
- Type
- New York State Assembly bill
- Session
- 2023-24 session
- Status
- In Assembly Committee
- Latest action date
- 2024-04-24
- In committee
- Labor
- Introduced
- 2023-03-20
- Active version
- A5642A
- Same as
- S1997
- Law section
- Labor Law
Sponsors
- Karines Reyes Assembly Member, District 87
Heard in committee
- Labor NY State Assembly committee
Same as
- S1997 (2023-24 session) NY State bill