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Jun 15, 2016 |
referred to labor delivered to assembly passed senate ordered to third reading cal.1798 committee discharged and committed to rules |
May 27, 2016 |
referred to labor |
Senate Bill S7950
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP, RFM) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
co-Sponsors
(R, C, IP) Senate District
(R) Senate District
(R, C) 60th Senate District
(R, C, IP) Senate District
2015-S7950 (ACTIVE) - Details
2015-S7950 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S7950 REVISED MEMO 06/09/2016 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the workers' compensation law, in relation to prohibiting any funding of the administrative costs of the state's paid family leave program by employers PURPOSE : This bill is intended to ensure that employers are not forced to pay any of the costs related to the state's paid family leave program, including the costs of implementing the program. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : Section 1 amends Workers Compensation Law S 209(3) by adding language to provide that no funds collected from employers shall be used to pay the state's costs for the implementation of the paid family leave program. Section 2 lists the effective date. JUSTIFICATION : As part of the state's 2016-17 budget, New York State created the paid family leave program. Under this program, all employees in the state will be entitled to 8 weeks of paid leave, increasing to 12 weeks of
2015-S7950 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7950 I N S E N A T E May 27, 2016 ___________ Introduced by Sen. AKSHAR -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Labor AN ACT to amend the workers' compensation law, in relation to prohibit- ing any funding of the administrative costs of the state's paid family leave program by employers THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 3 of section 209 of the work- ers' compensation law, as added by section 10 of part SS of chapter 54 of the laws of 2016, is amended to read as follows: (b) Family leave benefits. On June first, two thousand seventeen and annually thereafter on September first, the superintendent of financial services shall set the maximum employee contribution, using sound actu- arial principles and the reports provided in section two hundred eight of this article. No employer shall be required to fund any portion of the family leave benefit; NOR SHALL ANY FUNDS COLLECTED BY EMPLOYERS BE USED TO PAY COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SUCH PROGRAM. S 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD15653-01-6
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