On July 1, 2021, Governor Cuomo signed a new legislation that prohibits public employers from penalizing their employees for any missed work or absences related to COVID-19.
Public employees are not able to be dismissed, or receive other work-related disciplinary action for using personal, sick, or compensatory time due to COVID related circumstances that required them to miss work. This includes employees seeking medical treatment, being required to quarantine, or other missed work that is related to a COVID-19 diagnosis or contact.
Though the
state of emergency in New York State was lifted in June, there are still cases of COVID-19 across the state, and the same common worry on the minds of New Yorkers - what about work?
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