L.L. 2021/172

Enactment date: 12/24/2021

Int. No. 2448-A

By Council Members Gibson, Louis, Ayala, Dinowitz and Rose (by request of the Mayor)

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to providing paid time to employees who accompany a child to receive a COVID-19 vaccination injection or care for a child with COVID-19 vaccine side effects

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

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[Consolidated provisions are not included in this Appendix A]

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§ 10.   a.   This local law takes effect immediately and is retroactive to and deemed to have been in effect as of November 2, 2021, except that the department shall not enforce paragraph (vi) or (vii) of subdivision d of section 20-924 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as added by section nine of this local law, or subdivision e of such section 20-924, as amended by section nine of this local law, during the 60 days after it becomes law without first providing an employer with written notice of an alleged violation and 15 days to cure such alleged violation.

   b.   An employer may satisfy its obligation to provide COVID-19 child vaccination time to an employee who used leave time or unpaid time for purposes provided under section 20-914.1 of the administrative code between the retroactive effective date and the date of enactment of this local law by paying the employee for the COVID-19 child vaccination time used by the employee no later than the payday for the next regular payroll period beginning after this local law takes effect.

   c.   This local law expires and is deemed repealed on December 31, 2022, provided that such expiration and repeal do not excuse an employer from paying each employee for COVID-19 child vaccination time accrued on or before such date, or affect the ability of the department of consumer and worker protection to pursue penalties and relief provided pursuant to subdivisions d and e of section 20-924 of the administrative code of the city of New York with respect to any obligation incurred on or before such date.