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On March 15, 2021, Governor Cuomo signed into law a bill that
guarantees virtually all New York State employees public
and private paid leave to receive a COVID-19 vaccination
(the full text of the bill is available here).
The law allows employees to take paid leave for a sufficient
period of time, not to exceed four hours
per vaccine
injection, and mandates that this leave be provided to
employees without charge against any other leave bank to which they
are otherwise entitled, including paid leave provided under the New
Seyfarth Synopsis: Earlier this month, the New York State Legislature passed a
that would require employers to provide every employee a paid leave of absence for each COVID-19 vaccine injection they receive. The paid leave of absence would need to cover a sufficient period of time, not to exceed four hours per COVID-19 vaccine injection. Outside of a few potential caveats (see below), the entire leave period provided for in the bill would be in addition to any other leave the employee is entitled to, including, but not limited to, paid sick leave under the
. If signed into law by Governor Andrew Cuomo, which is expected, the bill would become effective immediately and expire on December 31, 2022.