New York A 299: Requires public employers who opt out of providing paid family leave benefits to provide parental leave in the alternative

Bill Text

Bill Search and Legislative Information | New York State Assembly 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

 Skip to main content 

 New York State Assembly

 Speaker Carl E. Heastie

 --> 
 --> 

 --> 

• 
 Assembly Members 

• 
 Legislative Info 

• 
 Public Hearings 

• 
 Speaker's Press 

• 
 Assembly Reports 

• 
 Committees & More 

• Bill Search Home
• Laws
• Legislative Calendar
• Public Hearing Schedule
• Assembly Calendars
• Assembly Committee Agenda 

 Javascript must be enabled to properly view this page. 

 Bill No.: 

• Summary 
• Actions 
• Committee&nbspVotes 
• Floor&nbspVotes 
• Memo 
• Text 
• LFIN 
• Chamber&nbspVideo/Transcript 
A00299 Summary:

BILL NOA00299 

&nbsp

SAME ASSAME AS S01193

&nbsp

SPONSORRajkumar

&nbsp

COSPNSRCunningham, Shrestha

&nbsp

MLTSPNSR

&nbsp

Amd §212-b, Work Comp L

&nbsp

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.

Go to top A00299 Actions:

BILL NOA00299 

&nbsp

01/08/2025referred to labor

01/07/2026referred to labor

Go to topA00299 Committee&nbspVotes:

Go to topA00299 Floor&nbspVotes:

There are no Assembly votes for this bill in this legislative session.

Go to topA00299 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 299

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. RAJKUMAR, CUNNINGHAM -- read once and referred 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:

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 212-b of the workers' compensation
 2 law is amended by adding a new paragraph (c) to read as follows:
 3 (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, if a
 4 public employer chooses to opt out of paid family leave benefits pursu-
 5 ant to paragraph b of this subdivision, then such public employer shall
 6 be required to offer parental leave to its employees for a period not to
 7 exceed twelve weeks during any fifty-two week calendar period. Employers
 8 shall pay employees on parental leave a rate of sixty-seven percent of
 9 the employee's average weekly wage but shall not exceed sixty-seven
 10 percent of the New York state average weekly wage in effect.
 11 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01432-01-5

Go to top 

• 

 Sitemap 

 Request Information 

 Directions and Maps