A11198 • 2025

Requires employers to pay employees accrued but unused vacation, paid time off, or other paid leave provided upon separation from employment

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Sponsor: Christopher Eachus
Last action: 2026-05-01
Official status: In Assembly Committee
Effective date: Not listed

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Requires employers to pay employees accrued but unused vacation, paid time off, or other paid leave provided upon separation from employment

Requires employers to pay employees accrued but unused vacation, paid time off, or other paid leave provided upon separation from employment Requires employers to pay employees accrued but unused vacation, paid time off, or other paid leave provided upon termination, resignation, retirement or other separation from employment.

What This Bill Does

Requires employers to pay employees accrued but unused vacation, paid time off, or other paid leave provided upon separation from employment Requires employers to pay employees accrued but unused vacation, paid time off, or other paid leave provided upon termination, resignation, retirement or other separation from employment.

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Bill History

2026-05-01 Assembly
REFERRED TO LABOR

Official Summary Text

Requires employers to pay employees accrued but unused vacation, paid time off, or other paid leave provided upon separation from employment
Requires employers to pay employees accrued but unused vacation, paid time off, or other paid leave provided upon termination, resignation, retirement or other separation from employment.

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S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          11198

                                  I N  A S S E M B L Y

                                       May 1, 2026
                                       ___________

        Introduced by M. of A. EACHUS -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Labor

        AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to requiring employers to pay
          employees  accrued  but  unused vacation, paid time off, or other paid
          leave provided upon separation from employment

          THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
        BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

     1    Section  1.  Section  191  of the labor law is amended by adding a new
     2  subdivision 4 to read as follows:
     3    4. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW TO  THE  CONTRARY,  UPON
     4  TERMINATION,  RESIGNATION,  RETIREMENT  OR OTHER SEPARATION FROM EMPLOY-
     5  MENT, AN EMPLOYER SHALL PAY TO THE EMPLOYEE ALL ACCRUED BUT UNUSED VACA-
     6  TION LEAVE, PAID TIME OFF, OR OTHER PAID LEAVE PROVIDED PURSUANT TO  THE
     7  EMPLOYER'S  EMPLOYMENT  AGREEMENT,  CONTRACT  OR  POLICY. ANY EMPLOYMENT
     8  AGREEMENT, CONTRACT OR POLICY THAT PURPORTS TO  WAIVE  OR  FORFEIT  SUCH
     9  PAYMENT  OF  ACCRUED  BUT  UNUSED VACATION LEAVE, PAID TIME OFF OR OTHER
    10  PAID LEAVE SHALL BE DEEMED VOID. SUCH PAYMENT SHALL  BE  MADE  NO  LATER
    11  THAN THE EMPLOYEE'S NEXT REGULAR PAY DAY FOR THE PAY PERIOD DURING WHICH
    12  THE  SEPARATION  OCCURRED.  FOR  PURPOSES  OF THIS SUBDIVISION, VACATION
    13  LEAVE, PAID TIME OFF OR OTHER PAID LEAVE  SHALL  BE  DEEMED  ACCRUED  IN
    14  ACCORDANCE WITH THE EMPLOYER'S WRITTEN POLICY OR, IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH
    15  POLICY,  ON  A PRO RATA BASIS BASED ON THE EMPLOYEE'S LENGTH OF SERVICE.
    16  FAILURE TO MAKE SUCH PAYMENT SHALL BE DEEMED A FAILURE TO PAY WAGES  AND
    17  SHALL BE SUBJECT TO PENALTIES UNDER THIS ARTICLE.
    18    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
    19  it  shall  have become a law and shall apply to agreements entered into,
    20  modified, or renewed on or after such effective date.



         EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD15653-01-6