Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Oct 07, 2020 |
print number 10977a |
Oct 07, 2020 |
amend and recommit to labor |
Sep 09, 2020 |
referred to labor |
Assembly Bill A10977A
2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
SOLAGES
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
Bill Amendments
2019-A10977 - Details
- See Senate Version of this Bill:
- S8919
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Labor
- Law Section:
- Workers' Compensation Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §§201, 203, 204, 205 & 206, Work Comp L
2019-A10977 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 10977 I N A S S E M B L Y September 9, 2020 ___________ Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Solages) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Labor AN ACT to amend the workers' compensation law, in relation to expanding family leave eligibility to include participation in remote learning for certain employees who are the parents or guardians of certain children THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 15 of section 201 of the workers' compensation law, as added by section 2 of part SS of chapter 54 of the laws of 2016, is amended to read as follows: 15. "Family leave" shall mean any leave taken by an employee from work: (a) to participate in providing care, including physical or psychological care, for a family member of the employee made necessary by a serious health condition of the family member; or (b) to bond with the employee's child during the first twelve months after the child's birth, or the first twelve months after the placement of the child for adoption or foster care with the employee; or (c) because of any quali- fying exigency as interpreted under the family and medical leave act, 29 U.S.C.S § 2612(a)(1)(e) and 29 C.F.R. S.825.126(a)(1)-(8), arising out of the fact that the spouse, domestic partner, child, or parent of the employee is on active duty (or has been notified of an impending call or order to active duty) in the armed forces of the United States; OR (D) TO PARTICIPATE IN REMOTE LEARNING WHERE THE EMPLOYEE HAS A CHILD UNDER THE AGE OF TWELVE OR OVER THE AGE OF TWELVE WHO HAS SPECIAL LEARNING NEEDS OR HAS A MEDICAL OR DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY REQUIRING SERVICES OR ACCOMMODATIONS, AND THE SCHOOL SUCH CHILD ATTENDS IS PHYSICALLY CLOSED DURING A PANDEMIC OR DECLARED STATE DISASTER EMERGENCY AS DEFINED UNDER SECTION TWENTY-EIGHT OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW. § 2. Section 203 of the workers' compensation law, as amended by section 3 of part SS of chapter 54 of the laws of 2016, is amended to read as follows: § 203. 1. Employees eligible for benefits under section two hundred four of this article. Employees in employment of a covered employer for EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
2019-A10977A (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Senate Version of this Bill:
- S8919
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Labor
- Law Section:
- Workers' Compensation Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §§201, 203, 204, 205 & 206, Work Comp L
2019-A10977A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 10977--A I N A S S E M B L Y September 9, 2020 ___________ Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Solages) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Labor -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the workers' compensation law, in relation to expanding family leave eligibility to include participation in remote learning for certain employees who are the parents or guardians of certain children THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 15 of section 201 of the workers' compensation law, as added by section 2 of part SS of chapter 54 of the laws of 2016, is amended to read as follows: 15. "Family leave" shall mean any leave taken by an employee from work: (a) to participate in providing care, including physical or psychological care, for a family member of the employee made necessary by a serious health condition of the family member; or (b) to bond with the employee's child during the first twelve months after the child's birth, or the first twelve months after the placement of the child for adoption or foster care with the employee; or (c) because of any quali- fying exigency as interpreted under the family and medical leave act, 29 U.S.C.S § 2612(a)(1)(e) and 29 C.F.R. S.825.126(a)(1)-(8), arising out of the fact that the spouse, domestic partner, child, or parent of the employee is on active duty (or has been notified of an impending call or order to active duty) in the armed forces of the United States; OR (D) TO PARTICIPATE IN REMOTE LEARNING WHERE THE EMPLOYEE HAS A CHILD UNDER THE AGE OF TWELVE OR OVER THE AGE OF TWELVE WHO HAS SPECIAL LEARNING NEEDS OR HAS A MEDICAL OR DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY REQUIRING SERVICES OR ACCOMMODATIONS, AND THE SCHOOL SUCH CHILD ATTENDS IS PHYSICALLY CLOSED DURING A PANDEMIC OR DECLARED STATE DISASTER EMERGENCY AS DEFINED UNDER SECTION TWENTY-EIGHT OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW OR WHEN THE CHILD PARTICIPATES IN REMOTE LEARNING AS A RESULT OF A DECLARED STATE OF DISASTER EMERGENCY AS DEFINED UNDER SECTION TWENTY-EIGHT OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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