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Under section 202-j of the New York Labor Laws, employers are required to give workers up to 3 hours of unpaid leave, each year, for off-premises blood donation, or to hold blood drives at work. Employees must be permitted to take the time off during their regularly scheduled hours, without negative action by the employer or job repercussions. Blood donation leave cannot be carried over, so employees who fail to use the leave in 2008 are not entitled to 6 hours of unpaid leave in 2009.

This New York Employee Blood Donation Leave law is enforced by the New York Department of Labor, Division of Labor Standards.

Any additional time that employees may request for blood donation leave (more…)