New York S 9560: Includes certain persons engaged in a professional or teaching capacity in or for a religious, charitable or educational institution as employees for purposes of eligibility for paid family leave

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S09560 Summary:

BILL NOS09560A

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Includes certain persons engaged in a professional or teaching capacity in or for a religious, charitable or educational institution as employees for purposes of eligibility for paid family leave.

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BILL NOS09560A

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03/25/2026REFERRED TO LABOR

05/20/2026REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

05/28/2026AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO FINANCE

05/28/2026PRINT NUMBER 9560A

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 9560--A

 IN SENATE

 March 25, 2026
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. C. RYAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Labor -- reported favora-
 bly from said committee and committed to the Committee on Finance --
 committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
 recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the workers' compensation law, in relation to including
 certain persons engaged in a professional or teaching capacity in or
 for a religious, charitable or educational institution as employees
 for purposes of eligibility for paid family leave

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. The opening paragraph of subdivision 5 of section 201 of
 2 the workers' compensation law, as amended by chapter 481 of the laws of
 3 2010, is amended to read as follows:
 4 "Employee" means a person engaged in the service of an employer in any
 5 employment defined in subdivision six of this section, except a minor
 6 child of the employer, except a duly ordained, commissioned, or licensed
 7 minister, priest or rabbi, a sexton, a christian science reader, or
 8 member of a religious order, or an executive officer of a corporation
 9 who at all times during the period involved owns all of the issued and
 10 outstanding stock of the corporation and holds all of the offices pursu-
 11 ant to paragraph (e) of section seven hundred fifteen of the business
 12 corporation law or two executive officers of a corporation who at all
 13 times during the period involved between them own all of the issued and
 14 outstanding stock of such corporation and hold all such offices
 15 provided, however, that each officer must own at least one share of
 16 stock, except as provided in section two hundred twelve of this article,
 17 or an executive officer of an incorporated religious, charitable or
 18 educational institution, or persons engaged in a professional or teach-
 19 ing capacity in or for a religious, charitable or educational institu-
 20 tion, or volunteers in or for a religious, charitable or educational
 21 institution, or persons participating in and receiving rehabilitative
 22 services in a sheltered workshop operated by a religious, charitable or
 23 educational institution under a certificate issued by the United States

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD13641-02-6

 S. 9560--A 2

 1 department of labor, or recipients of charitable aid from a religious or
 2 charitable institution who perform work in or for the institution which
 3 is incidental to or in return for the aid conferred, and not under an
 4 express contract of hire; provided, however, that persons engaged in a
 5 professional or teaching capacity in or for a religious, charitable or
 6 educational institution shall be deemed employees for purposes of family
 7 leave pursuant to this article. The terms "religious, charitable or
 8 educational institution" mean a corporation, unincorporated association,
 9 community chest, fund or foundation organized and operated exclusively
 10 for religious, charitable or educational purposes, no part of the net
 11 earnings of which inure to the benefit of any private shareholder or
 12 individual.
 13 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January following the
 14 first of September next succeeding the date on which it shall have
 15 become a law and sha