Assembly Bill A2277

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to paid family leave benefits

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2019-A2277 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8776
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Workers' Compensation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §203, Work Comp L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A10680, S7994
2017-2018: A1834, A10583, S8788
2021-2022: A5513, S3733
2023-2024: A7347, A8931, S1489

2019-A2277 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Extends paid family leave benefits to employees who perform construction, demolition, reconstruction, excavation, rehabilitation, repairs, renovations, alterations, or improvements for multiple employers pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement who shall be eligible for family leave benefits if they were employed for at least twenty-six of the last thirty-nine weeks by any covered employer which is signatory to a collective bargaining agreement.

2019-A2277 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2277
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 22, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. PICHARDO -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Labor
 
 AN  ACT to amend the workers' compensation law, in relation to extending
   paid family leave benefits
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. 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. Employees eligible for benefits under section two hundred  four
 of  this article. Employees in employment of a covered employer for four
 or more consecutive weeks and employees in employment  during  the  work
 period usual to and available during such four or more consecutive weeks
 in  any  trade  or  business in which they are regularly employed and in
 which hiring from day to day of such employees is the  usual  employment
 practice  shall  be  eligible  for  disability  benefits  as provided in
 section two hundred four of this article.  Employees in employment of  a
 covered  employer for twenty-six or more consecutive weeks and employees
 in employment during the work period usual to and available during  such
 twenty-six  or  more consecutive weeks in any trade or business in which
 they are regularly employed and in which hiring from day to day of  such
 employees  is the usual employment practice shall be eligible for family
 leave benefits as provided in section two hundred four of this  article.
 FOR  PURPOSES OF THIS ARTICLE, EMPLOYEES WHO PERFORM CONSTRUCTION, DEMO-
 LITION,  RECONSTRUCTION,  EXCAVATION,  REHABILITATION,  REPAIRS,   RENO-
 VATIONS, ALTERATIONS, OR IMPROVEMENTS FOR MULTIPLE EMPLOYERS PURSUANT TO
 A  COLLECTIVE  BARGAINING  AGREEMENT  SHALL BE ELIGIBLE FOR FAMILY LEAVE
 BENEFITS IF THEY WERE EMPLOYED FOR AT LEAST TWENTY-SIX OF THE LAST THIR-
 TY-NINE WEEKS BY ANY COVERED EMPLOYER WHICH IS SIGNATORY TO A COLLECTIVE
 BARGAINING AGREEMENT. Every such employee shall continue to be  eligible
 for  family leave benefits only during employment with a covered employ-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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