File #:

Int 0705-2026    Version: *

Name:

Requiring employers to hold an onboarding meeting to discuss an employee's reintegration back into the workplace after parental leave.

Type:

Introduction

Status:

Committee

Committee:

Committee on Civil and Human Rights

On agenda:

2/24/2026

Enactment date:

Law number:

Title:

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring employers to hold an onboarding meeting to discuss an employee's reintegration back into the workplace after parental leave

Sponsors:

Public Advocate Jumaane Williams, (by request of the Bronx Borough President)

Council Member Sponsors:

1

Summary:

This bill would require employers to hold a meeting with employees who are returning to the workplace after taking parental leave. Guidelines for this meeting would be developed by the City’s Commission on Human Rights, with the goal of improving the reintegration process for the employer and employee. Employees who do not wish to participate in the meeting must opt out in writing.

Attachments:

1. February 24, 2026 - Stated Meeting Agenda