Senate Bill S2837

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to covered employment as a domestic worker for temporary disability benefits

download bill text pdf

Sponsored By

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Labor Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

Do you support this bill?

Please enter your contact information

Home address is used to determine the senate district in which you reside. Your support or opposition to this bill is then shared immediately with the senator who represents you.

Optional services from the NY State Senate:

Create an account. An account allows you to officially support or oppose key legislation, sign petitions with a single click, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.

Include a custom message for your Senator? (Optional)

Enter a message to your senator. Many New Yorkers use this to share the reasoning behind their support or opposition to the bill. Others might share a personal anecdote about how the bill would affect them or people they care about.
Actions

2015-S2837 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A3504
Current Committee:
Senate Labor
Law Section:
Workers' Compensation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง202, Work Comp L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: S4234, A6358
2017-2018: A5758
2019-2020: A1326
2021-2022: A6077

2015-S2837 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to covered employment as a domestic worker for temporary disability benefits.

2015-S2837 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S2837 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  2837

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 29, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  SAVINO -- 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  covered
  employment as a domestic worker for temporary disability benefits

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 202 of the  workers'  compensation
law, as amended by chapter 65 of the laws of 1983, is amended to read as
follows:
  2.  The  provisions of subdivision one of this section shall not apply
to an employer of personal or domestic  employees  in  a  private  home,
except  an  employer  shall become a covered employer from and after the
expiration of four  weeks  following  the  employment  of  one  or  more
personal  or domestic employees who work for a minimum of [forty] TWENTY
hours per week for such employer and are employed on each  of  at  least
thirty days in any calendar year.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD04799-01-5

Comments

Open Legislation is a forum for New York State legislation. All comments are subject to review and community moderation is encouraged.

Comments deemed off-topic, commercial, campaign-related, self-promotional; or that contain profanity, hate or toxic speech; or that link to sites outside of the nysenate.gov domain are not permitted, and will not be published. Attempts to intimidate and silence contributors or deliberately deceive the public, including excessive or extraneous posting/posts, or coordinated activity, are prohibited and may result in the temporary or permanent banning of the user. Comment moderation is generally performed Monday through Friday. By contributing or voting you agree to the Terms of Participation and verify you are over 13.

Create an account. An account allows you to sign petitions with a single click, officially support or oppose key legislation, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.