§ 196-b. Sick leave requirements. 1. Every employer shall be required\nto provide its employees with sick leave as follows:\n a. For employers with four or fewer employees in any calendar year,\neach employee shall be provided with up to forty hours of unpaid sick\nleave in each calendar year; provided, however, an employer that employs\nfour or fewer employees in any calendar year and that has a net income\nof greater than one million dollars in the previous tax year shall\nprovide each employee with up to forty hours of paid sick leave pursuant\nto this section;\n b. For employers with between five and ninety-nine employees in any\ncalendar year, each employee shall be provided with up to forty hours of\npaid sick leave in each calendar year; and\n c. For employers with one hundred or more employees in any calendar\nyear, each employee shall be provided with up to fifty-six hours of paid\nsick leave each calendar year.\n For purposes of determining the number of employees pursuant to this\nsubdivision, a calendar year shall mean the twelve-month period from\nJanuary first through December thirty-first. For all other purposes, a\ncalendar year shall either mean the twelve-month period from January\nfirst through December thirty-first, or a regular and consecutive\ntwelve-month period, as determined by an employer.\n 2. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit or prevent\nan employer from providing an amount of sick leave, paid or unpaid, or\npaid prenatal personal leave which is in excess of the requirements set\nforth in subdivision one and subdivision four-a of this section, or from\nadopting a paid leave policy that provides additional benefits to\nemployees. An employer may elect to provide its employees with the total\namount of sick leave required to fulfill its obligations pursuant to\nsubdivision one of this section at the beginning of the calendar year,\nprovided, however that no employer shall be permitted to reduce or\nrevoke any such sick leave based on the number of hours actually worked\nby an employee during the calendar year if such employer elects pursuant\nto this subdivision.\n 3. Employees shall accrue sick leave at a rate of not less than one\nhour per every thirty hours worked, beginning at the commencement of\nemployment or the effective date of this section, whichever is later,\nsubject to the use and accrual limitations set forth in this section.\n 4. a. On and after January first, two thousand twenty-one and upon the\noral or written request of an employee, an employer shall provide\naccrued sick leave for the following purposes:\n (i) for a mental or physical illness, injury, or health condition of\nsuch employee or such employee's family member, regardless of whether\nsuch illness, injury, or health condition has been diagnosed or requires\nmedical care at the time that such employee requests such leave;\n (ii) for the diagnosis, care, or treatment of a mental or physical\nillness, injury or health condition of, or need for medical diagnosis\nof, or preventive care for, such employee or such employee's family\nmember; or\n (iii) for an absence from work due to any of the following reasons\nwhen the employee or employee's family member has been the victim of\ndomestic violence pursuant to subdivision thirty-four of section two\nhundred ninety-two of the executive law, a family offense, sexual\noffense, stalking, or human trafficking:\n (a) to obtain services from a domestic violence shelter, rape crisis\ncenter, or other services program;\n (b) to participate in safety planning, temporarily or permanently\nrelocate, or take other actions to increase the safety of the employee\nor employee's family members;\n (c) to meet with an attorney or other social services provider to\nobtain information and advice on, and prepare for or participate in any\ncriminal or civil proceeding;\n (d) to file a complaint or domestic incident report with law\nenforcement;\n (e) to meet with a
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