S2499 (2025-26 session)
NY State bill
Provides that an employee shall not be required to request reinstatement in order to file a discrimination claim regarding paid family medical leave benefits; permits a private right of action for certain violations as an alternative to a workers' compensation claim; provides for attorneys' fees and costs.
- Title
- Relates to employment discrimination relating to family leave
- Type
- New York State Senate bill
- Session
- 2025-26 session
- Status
- In Assembly Committee
- Latest action date
- 2026-03-23
- In committee
- Labor
- Introduced
- 2025-01-21
- Same as
- A5799
- Law section
- Workers' Compensation Law
Sponsors
- Andrew Gounardes State Senator, District 26
Co-sponsors
Heard in committee
Same as
- A5799 (2025-26 session) NY State bill
Committee meetings
Committee meetings that took this bill up, from the Senate's published agendas. The Assembly does not publish its committee agendas in machine-readable form, so an Assembly committee's consideration of a bill is not on this list.
- Labor, 2026-02-24 First reading
- Labor, 2025-05-14
- Labor, 2025-05-06