Senate Bill S8211

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Requires public employers who opt out of providing paid family leave benefits to provide parental leave in the alternative

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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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2021-S8211 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A10352
Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
Workers' Compensation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §212-b, Work Comp L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
S1668, A2752

2021-S8211 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires public employers who opt out of providing paid family leave benefits to provide parental leave in the alternative at the same pay rate and amount of time as paid family leave.

2021-S8211 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S8211 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8211
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 2, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. ADDABBO -- 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  requiring
   public  employers  who opt out of providing paid family leave benefits
   to provide parental leave in the alternative
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 212-b of the workers' compensation
 law is amended by adding a new paragraph (c) to read as follows:
   (C)  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, IF A
 PUBLIC EMPLOYER CHOOSES TO OPT OUT OF PAID FAMILY LEAVE BENEFITS  PURSU-
 ANT  TO PARAGRAPH B OF THIS SUBDIVISION, THEN SUCH PUBLIC EMPLOYER SHALL
 BE REQUIRED TO OFFER PARENTAL LEAVE TO ITS EMPLOYEES FOR A PERIOD NOT TO
 EXCEED TWELVE WEEKS DURING ANY FIFTY-TWO WEEK CALENDAR PERIOD. EMPLOYERS
 SHALL PAY EMPLOYEES ON PARENTAL LEAVE A RATE OF SIXTY-SEVEN  PERCENT  OF
 THE  EMPLOYEE'S  AVERAGE  WEEKLY  WAGE  BUT SHALL NOT EXCEED SIXTY-SEVEN
 PERCENT OF THE NEW YORK STATE AVERAGE WEEKLY WAGE IN EFFECT.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13991-02-2

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