Assembly Bill A2752

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires public employers who opt out of providing paid family leave benefits to provide parental leave in the alternative

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly 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

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2023-A2752 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1668
Current Committee:
Assembly Labor
Law Section:
Workers' Compensation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §212-b, Work Comp L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
A10352, S8211

2023-A2752 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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.

2023-A2752 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2752
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 27, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. RAJKUMAR -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee 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:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 212-b of the workers' compensation
 law is amended by adding a new paragraph (c) to read as follows:
   (C) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY,  IF  A
 PUBLIC  EMPLOYER CHOOSES TO OPT OUT OF PAID FAMILY LEAVE BENEFITS PURSU-
 ANT TO PARAGRAPH B OF THIS SUBDIVISION, THEN SUCH PUBLIC EMPLOYER  SHALL
 BE REQUIRED TO OFFER PARENTAL LEAVE TO ITS EMPLOYEES FOR A PERIOD NOT TO
 EXCEED TWELVE WEEKS DURING ANY FIFTY-TWO WEEK CALENDAR PERIOD. EMPLOYERS
 SHALL  PAY  EMPLOYEES ON PARENTAL LEAVE A RATE OF SIXTY-SEVEN PERCENT OF
 THE EMPLOYEE'S AVERAGE WEEKLY WAGE  BUT  SHALL  NOT  EXCEED  SIXTY-SEVEN
 PERCENT OF THE NEW YORK STATE AVERAGE WEEKLY WAGE IN EFFECT.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04645-01-3

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