New York S 8727: Extends paid family leave benefits to members of the New York national guard

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S08727 Summary:

BILL NOS08727 

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SAME ASSAME AS A08950-A

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Amd §203, Work Comp L

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Extends paid family leave benefits to members of the New York army national guard and New York air national guard.

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BILL NOS08727 

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01/07/2026REFERRED TO LABOR

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 8727

 IN SENATE

 January 7, 2026
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 Introduced by Sen. C. RYAN -- 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 extending
 paid family leave benefits to members of the New York national guard

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

 1 Section 1. Section 203 of the workers' compensation law, as amended by
 2 chapter 651 of the laws of 2025, is amended to read as follows:
 3 § 203. Employees eligible for benefits under section two hundred four
 4 of this article. Employees in employment of a covered employer for four
 5 or more consecutive weeks and employees in employment during the work
 6 period usual to and available during such four or more consecutive weeks
 7 in any trade or business in which they are regularly employed and in
 8 which hiring from day to day of such employees is the usual employment
 9 practice shall be eligible for disability benefits as provided in
 10 section two hundred four of this article. Employees in employment of a
 11 covered employer for twenty-six or more consecutive weeks and employees
 12 in employment during the work period usual to and available during such
 13 twenty-six or more consecutive weeks in any trade or business in which
 14 they are regularly employed and in which hiring from day to day of such
 15 employees is the usual employment practice shall be eligible for family
 16 leave benefits as provided in section two hundred four of this article.
 17 For purposes of this article, any person enlisted, appointed, or commis-
 18 sioned to be a part of the New York army national guard or the New York
 19 air national guard for twenty-six or more consecutive weeks shall be
 20 eligible for family leave benefits. For purposes of this article,
 21 employees who perform construction, demolition, reconstruction, exca-
 22 vation, rehabilitation, repairs, renovations, alterations, or improve-
 23 ments for multiple employers pursuant to a collective bargaining agree-
 24 ment shall be eligible for family leave benefits if they were employed
 25 for at least twenty-six of the last thirty-nine weeks by any covered
 26 employer which is signatory to a collective bargaining agreement. Every
 27 such employee shall continue to be eligible for family leave benefits
 28 only during employment with a covered employer. Every such employee

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD13383-03-6

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 1 shall continue to be eligible for disability benefits during such
 2 employment and for a period of four weeks after such employment termi-
 3 nates regardless of whether the employee performs any work for remunera-
 4 tion or profit in non-covered employment. If during such four week peri-
 5 od the employee performs any work for remuneration or profit for another
 6 covered employer the employee shall become eligible for disability bene-
 7 fits immediately with respect to that employment. In addition every such
 8 employee who has previously completed four or more consecutive weeks in
 9 employment with the covered employer for purposes of disability bene-
 10 fits, or twenty-six or more consecutive weeks in employment with the
 11 covered employer for purposes of paid family leave, and returns to work
 12 with the same employer after an agreed and specified unpaid leave of
 13 absence or vacation without pay shall become eligible for benefits imme-
 14 diately with respect to such employment. For purposes of this article,
 15 any person enlisted, appointed, or commissioned to be a par