NY State Senate Bill 2025-S6101

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Mar 05, 2025	referred to labor

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2025-S6101 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Labor
Law Section:: Workers' Compensation Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §§201 & 204, add §204-a, Work Comp L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2017-2018: S7723
2019-2020: S5090
2021-2022: S3024
2023-2024: S7965

2025-S6101 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that an eligible employee may take two weeks of paid leave through the paid family leave program and an additional two weeks of unpaid leave during any 52 week calendar period as a result of being a victim of domestic or sexual abuse.

2025-S6101 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S6101

SPONSOR: PARKER
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the workers' compensation law, in relation to providing
leave for victims of abuse

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

To provide up to four weeks of leave for victims of domestic or sexual
abuse

 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

Section one: Amends paragraph (c) of subdivision 15 of section 201 of
the workers' compensation law and adds paragraph (d) to include victims
of domestic or sexual violence.

Section one-a: Amends section 201 of the workers' compensation laby
adding four new subdivisions, 25, 26, 27, and 28.

Section two: Amends section 204 of the workers compensation law by
adding subdivision 3 which delineates the amount of leave and the
percent of wages taken.

Section three: Amends the workers' compensation law to adoi section
204-a authorizing two weeks of unpaid leave.

Section four: Authorizes the department of financial services to take
this act in account when determining the maximum contribution for the
paid family leave program.

Section five: Sets the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

In the United States, intimate partners committed approx. iately 552,000
violent crimes against women, including 35,690 rapes or sexual assaults,
30,820 robberies, 70,550 aggravated assaults, and 406,530 simple
assaults. Notwithstanding the prevalence of domestic violence across
demographic categories, it is overwhelmingly a crime perpetrated against
women. Women are far more likely than men to be victims of domestic
violence; the rate of intimate partner victimization per 1,000 persons
is 4.3 for women compared with 0.8 for men.

According to Stand for Families free of violence, victims have lost an
estimated, 8 million in paid work days due to domestic violence. As well
as, losing approximately 137 hours of work to due to the violence
subjected to seek medical attention; to seek restraining orders; or to
relocate to a safe place where an abuser cannot find for further victim-
ize them. Other victims are prevented from getting to work when an abus-
er disables or takes the car, sabotages childcare arrangements, cancels
service to or steals a cell phone, or leaves the victim without cash to
use public transportation.

To address these problems a number of states to have passed domestic
violence and or sexual abuse leave laws, which give victims of domestic
violence the right to take time off for certain reasons. New Jersey
signed its Domestic Violence Leave Act into law in October of 2013.
Other states with similar laws include but are not limited to:  Califor-
nia, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Kansas, Maine,

New Mexico, North Carolina, Oregon, Philadelphia, Rhode Island, Washing-
ton and Washington, D.C.

While state laws providing employment rights for victims of domestic and
sexual violence are not uniform, there is a clear trend toward awarding
medical leave for victims of domestic violence and sexual abuse. It is
time New York provided these victims with greater protections, similar
to those Passed throughout the nation.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2023-24: S7965 - Referred to Labor

2021-22: S3024 - Referred to Labor

2019-20: S5090A - Passed Senate

2017-18: S7723-A - Recommit to Labor

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that section
three of this act shall take effect on January 1, 2026 and provided,
further, section two of this act shall take effect on January 1, 2027.

2025-S6101 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6101
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               March 5, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  PARKER,  COMRIE, FERNANDEZ, LIU -- 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 providing
   leave for victims of abuse
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 15 of section 201 of the work-
 ers' compensation law, as added by section 2 of part SS of chapter 54 of
 the laws of 2016, is amended and a new paragraph (d) is added to read as
 follows:
   (c) because of any qualifying 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 SEEK SERVICES AS A  VICTIM  OF
 DOMESTIC  OR  SEXUAL  VIOLENCE,  INCLUDING,  BUT NOT LIMITED TO, MEDICAL
 ATTENTION FROM ANY PHYSICAL OR PSYCHOLOGICAL INJURIES,  ATTENDING  COUN-
 SELING  SESSIONS  IN  ORDER  TO  DEAL WITH THE EFFECTS OF SUCH INJURIES,
 SEEKING LEGAL ASSISTANCE INCLUDING ATTENDANCE IN COURT PROCEEDINGS OR TO
 COMMUNICATE WITH AN ATTORNEY, AND SEEKING SERVICES ALLOWING FOR RELOCAT-
 ING TO A PERMANENT OR TEMPORARY RESIDENCE.
   § 1-a. Section 201 of the workers'  compensation  law  is  amended  by
 adding four new subdivisions 25, 26, 27 and 28 to read as follows:
   25.  "VICTIM  OF  DOMESTIC OR SEXUAL ABUSE" MEANS A VICTIM OF DOMESTIC
 VIOLENCE, A SEX OFFENSE, OR STALKING.
   26. "VICTIM OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE" MEANS AN INDIVIDUAL WHO IS A  VICTIM
 OF  AN  ACT WHICH WOULD CONSTITUTE A FAMILY OFFENSE PURSUANT TO SUBDIVI-
 SION ONE OF SECTION EIGHT HUNDRED TWELVE OF THE FAMILY COURT ACT.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10624-01-5
 S. 6101                             2

 
   27. "VICTIM OF A SEX OFFENSE" MEANS AN INDIVIDUAL WHO IS A  VICTIM  OF
 AN  ACT OR ACTS THAT WOULD CONSTITUTE A VIOLATION OF ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED
 THIRTY OF THE PENAL LAW.
   28. "VICTIM OF STALKING" MEANS AN INDIVIDUAL WHO IS A VICTIM OF AN ACT
 OR  ACTS  THAT  WOULD  CONSTITUTE A VIOLATION OF SECTION 120.45, 120.50,
 120.55, OR 120.60 OF THE PENAL LAW.
   § 2. Section 204 of the workers' compensation law is amended by adding
 a new subdivision 3 to read as follows:
   3. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE  CONTRARY,  THE  WEEKLY
 BENEFIT  FOR FAMILY LEAVE TAKEN PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (D) OF SUBDIVISION
 FIFTEEN OF SECTION TWO HUNDRED ONE OF THIS ARTICLE SHALL NOT EXCEED  TWO
 WEEKS DURING ANY FIFTY-TWO WEEK CALENDAR PERIOD AND SHALL BE SIXTY-SEVEN
 PERCENT  OF  THE  EMPLOYEE'S  AVERAGE  WEEKLY WAGES BUT SHALL NOT EXCEED
 SIXTY-SEVEN PERCENT OF THE NEW YORK STATE AVERAGE WEEKLY WAGE.
   § 3. The workers' compensation law is amended by adding a new  section
 204-a to read as follows:
   §  204-A.  ADDITIONAL  UNPAID  LEAVE FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC OR SEXUAL
 ABUSE. IN ADDITION TO ANY LEAVE TAKEN BY A VICTIM OF DOMESTIC OR  SEXUAL
 ABUSE  PURSUANT TO SECTION TWO HUNDRED FOUR OF THIS ARTICLE, AN ELIGIBLE
 EMPLOYEE MAY TAKE AN ADDITIONAL TWO WEEKS OF  UNPAID  LEAVE  DURING  ANY
 FIFTY-TWO WEEK CALENDAR PERIOD. AN EMPLOYEE TAKING UNPAID LEAVE PURSUANT
 TO  THE  PROVISIONS  OF  THIS  SECTION SHALL OTHERWISE BE TREATED AS ANY
 OTHER COVERED EMPLOYEE FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS CHAPTER.
   § 4. The department of financial services is authorized to  take  into
 account the provisions of this act when determining the maximum employee
 contribution  for the paid family leave program pursuant to article nine
 of the workers' compensation law.
   § 5. This act shall take effect immediately; provided,  however,  that
 section  three  of  this  act  shall  take effect on January 1, 2027 and
 provided, further, that section two of this act  shall  take  effect  on
 January 1, 2028.

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Senate Bill S6101

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Labor Committee

co-Sponsors

2025-S6101 (ACTIVE) - Details

2025-S6101 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2025-S6101 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S6101 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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Sponsored By

Kevin S. Parker

Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Labor Committee

co-Sponsors

Leroy Comrie

Nathalia Fernandez

John C. Liu

2025-S6101 (ACTIVE) - Details

2025-S6101 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2025-S6101 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S6101 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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