N.Y. Labor Law § 10-a: Domestic violence policy

§ 10-a. Domestic violence policy. The commissioner shall study the

issue of employees separated from employment due to acts of domestic

violence as referred to in and qualified by section four hundred

fifty-nine-a of the social services law. The commissioner shall consult

with the New York state office for the prevention of domestic violence

and its advisory council, the department of social services, the

division of women and members of the public in preparing such study.

Such study shall include a review of case histories in which

unemployment compensation was sought and an analysis of the policies in

other states. A copy of such study shall be transmitted to the temporary

president of the senate and the speaker of the assembly on or before

January fifteenth, nineteen hundred ninety-six and shall contain policy

recommendations.