New York A 8950: Extends paid family leave benefits to members of the New York national guard

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A08950 Summary:

BILL NOA08950A

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SAME ASSAME AS S08727

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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.

Go to top A08950 Actions:

BILL NOA08950A

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07/16/2025referred to labor

01/07/2026referred to labor

04/06/2026amend and recommit to labor

04/06/2026print number 8950a

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8950--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 July 16, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. JENSEN -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Labor -- recommitted to the Committee on Labor in accordance with
 Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
 reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

 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-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD13383-02-6

 A. 8950--A 2

 1 ment shall be eligible for family leave benefits if they were employed
 2 for at least twenty-six of the last thirty-nine weeks by any covered
 3 employer which is signatory to a collective bargaining agreement. Every
 4 such employee shall continue to be eligible for family leave benefits
 5 only during employment with a covered employer. Every such employee
 6 shall continue to be eligible for disability benefits during such
 7 employment and for a period of four weeks after such employment termi-
 8 nates regardless of whether the employee performs any work for remunera-
 9 tion or profit in non-covered employment. If during such four week peri-
 10 od the employee performs any work for remuneration or profit for another
 11 covered employer the employee shall become eligible for disability bene-
 12 fits immediately with respect to that employment. In addition every such
 13 employee who has previously completed four or more consecutive weeks in
 14 employment with the covered employer for purposes of disability bene-
 15 fits, or twenty-six or more consecutive weeks in employment with the
 16 covered employer for purposes of paid family leave, and returns to work
 17 with