New York S 1193: Requires public employers who opt out of providing paid family leave benefits to provide parental leave in the alternative

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S01193 Summary:

BILL NOS01193 

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SAME ASSAME AS A00299

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SPONSORADDABBO

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Amd §212-b, Work Comp L

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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.

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01/08/2025REFERRED TO LABOR

01/07/2026REFERRED TO LABOR

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 1193

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 8, 2025
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 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:

 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

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