Entitlement to paid COVID related quarantine leave requires an inquiry into the specific circumstances surrounding such request for leave
Petitioners in this combined proceeding pursuant to CPLR Article 78 and
action for declaratory judgment, challenged the employer's determinations
regarding the individual petitioners' paid leave requests after a period of
quarantine or isolation due to COVID-19. The employer moved to dismiss the
petition.
Citing Matter of Spence v New York State Off. of Mental Health, 211
AD3d 1430, the Appellate Division held that "the determination
as to whether an individual ... is entitled to paid quarantine leave requires
an inquiry into the specific circumstances surrounding such request for
leave".
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decision posted on the Internet.
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