Bill > A00892

This bill requires employers to provide paid vacation time to eligible employees based on their length of employment, with a graduated scale that offers increasing vacation days as employees work longer: after one full year, employees would be entitled to up to two weeks of paid vacation; after three years, up to three weeks; and after five years, up to four weeks. To be eligible, employees must work an average of at least 20 hours per week. The bill includes several important protections and provisions, such as prohibiting employers from penalizing employees for taking vacation, requiring reasonable vacation request policies with no more than four weeks' notice, and mandating that vacation time be granted in consecutive days with flexibility for employees to request non-consecutive weeks. Notably, the bill allows employees to voluntarily forgo vacation time in exchange for double their standard wages for the equivalent vacation period. Employers are permitted to provide more vacation time than the minimum requirements and can choose to allocate the entire annual vacation time at the beginning of the calendar year. The bill aims to establish a standard paid vacation framework that ensures workers have guaranteed time off while providing flexibility for both employers and employees.

Labor and Employment

https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A892