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N.Y. Civil Rights Law § 79-n*2: Funeral or bereavement leave

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  1. Civil Rights Law
  2. Article 7. Miscellaneous Rights and Immunities

* § 79-n. Funeral or bereavement leave. No employer who extends to its

employees funeral or bereavement leave for the death of an employee's

spouse or the child, parent or other relative of the spouse shall deny

the same leave to an employee for the death of the employee's same-sex

committed partner or the child, parent or other relative of the

committed partner. For the purposes of this section, same-sex committed

partners are those who are financially and emotionally interdependent in

a manner commonly presumed of spouses.

* NB There are 2 § 79-n's

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