Senate Bill S921A

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to the workers' compensation benefit of certain disabled employees

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Current 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

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2023-S921 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8991
Current Committee:
Senate Labor
Law Section:
Workers' Compensation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§204, 209, 203-a, 203-b & 203-c, Work Comp L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
S7388, A9897

2023-S921 - Summary

Provides that the weekly benefit which the disabled employee is entitled to receive for disability commencing: on or after January first, two thousand twenty-six shall be fifty percent of the employee's average weekly wage but shall not exceed fifty percent of the state average weekly wage; on or after January first, two thousand twenty-seven shall be fifty-five percent of the employee's average weekly wage but shall not exceed fifty-five percent of the state average weekly wage; on or after January first, two thousand twenty-eight shall be sixty percent of the employee's weekly average wage but shall not exceed sixty percent of the state average weekly wage; and on or after January first of each succeeding year, shall be sixty-seven percent of the employee's average weekly wage but shall not exceed sixty-seven percent of the state average weekly wage.

2023-S921 - Sponsor Memo

2023-S921 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    921
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 9, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  COONEY -- 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 the weekly
   benefit of a disabled employee
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 2 of section 204 of the work-
 ers' compensation law, as amended by section 5 of part SS of chapter  54
 of the laws of 2016, is amended to read as follows:
   (b)  THE  WEEKLY  BENEFIT  WHICH  THE DISABLED EMPLOYEE IS ENTITLED TO
 RECEIVE FOR DISABILITY COMMENCING: (I) ON OR AFTER  JANUARY  FIRST,  TWO
 THOUSAND  TWENTY-FIVE  SHALL  BE FIFTY PERCENT OF THE EMPLOYEE'S AVERAGE
 WEEKLY WAGE BUT SHALL NOT EXCEED FIFTY  PERCENT  OF  THE  STATE  AVERAGE
 WEEKLY  WAGE;  (II)  ON  OR AFTER JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SIX
 SHALL BE FIFTY-FIVE PERCENT OF THE EMPLOYEE'S AVERAGE  WEEKLY  WAGE  BUT
 SHALL  NOT  EXCEED  FIFTY-FIVE PERCENT OF THE STATE AVERAGE WEEKLY WAGE;
 (III) ON OR AFTER JANUARY FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-SEVEN  SHALL  BE
 SIXTY PERCENT OF THE EMPLOYEE'S WEEKLY AVERAGE WAGE BUT SHALL NOT EXCEED
 SIXTY  PERCENT  OF  THE  STATE AVERAGE WEEKLY WAGE; AND (IV) ON OR AFTER
 JANUARY FIRST OF EACH SUCCEEDING YEAR, SHALL BE SIXTY-SEVEN  PERCENT  OF
 THE  EMPLOYEE'S  AVERAGE  WEEKLY  WAGE  BUT SHALL NOT EXCEED SIXTY-SEVEN
 PERCENT OF THE STATE AVERAGE WEEKLY WAGE. The weekly benefit  which  the
 disabled employee is entitled to receive for disability commencing on or
 after  May  first,  nineteen  hundred  eighty-nine  AND PRIOR TO JANUARY
 FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE shall  be  one-half  of  the  employee's
 weekly wage, but in no case shall such benefit exceed one hundred seven-
 ty  dollars;  except  that if the employee's average weekly wage is less
 than twenty dollars, the benefit shall be such average weekly wage.  The
 weekly  benefit  which  the disabled employee is entitled to receive for
 disability commencing on or after July first, nineteen  hundred  eighty-
 four  shall  be  one-half  of the employee's weekly wage, but in no case
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02619-01-3
              

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2023-S921A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8991
Current Committee:
Senate Labor
Law Section:
Workers' Compensation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§204, 209, 203-a, 203-b & 203-c, Work Comp L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
S7388, A9897

2023-S921A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that the weekly benefit which the disabled employee is entitled to receive for disability commencing: on or after January first, two thousand twenty-six shall be fifty percent of the employee's average weekly wage but shall not exceed fifty percent of the state average weekly wage; on or after January first, two thousand twenty-seven shall be fifty-five percent of the employee's average weekly wage but shall not exceed fifty-five percent of the state average weekly wage; on or after January first, two thousand twenty-eight shall be sixty percent of the employee's weekly average wage but shall not exceed sixty percent of the state average weekly wage; and on or after January first of each succeeding year, shall be sixty-seven percent of the employee's average weekly wage but shall not exceed sixty-seven percent of the state average weekly wage.

2023-S921A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S921A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  921--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 9, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  COONEY,  FERNANDEZ,  GOUNARDES  -- read twice and
   ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on
   Labor  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended, ordered reprinted as
   amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the workers' compensation law, in relation to the weekly
   benefit of a disabled employee
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Short title.  This act shall be known and may be cited as
 the "equity in leave act".
   § 2. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 2 of section  204  of  the  workers'
 compensation  law,  as  amended by section 5 of part SS of chapter 54 of
 the laws of 2016, is amended to read as follows:
   (b) THE WEEKLY BENEFIT WHICH THE  DISABLED  EMPLOYEE  IS  ENTITLED  TO
 RECEIVE  FOR  DISABILITY  COMMENCING: (I) ON OR AFTER JANUARY FIRST, TWO
 THOUSAND TWENTY-SIX SHALL BE FIFTY PERCENT  OF  THE  EMPLOYEE'S  AVERAGE
 WEEKLY  WAGE  BUT  SHALL  NOT  EXCEED FIFTY PERCENT OF THE STATE AVERAGE
 WEEKLY WAGE; (II) ON OR AFTER JANUARY FIRST, TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-SEVEN
 SHALL  BE  FIFTY-FIVE  PERCENT OF THE EMPLOYEE'S AVERAGE WEEKLY WAGE BUT
 SHALL NOT EXCEED FIFTY-FIVE PERCENT OF THE STATE  AVERAGE  WEEKLY  WAGE;
 (III)  ON  OR  AFTER  JANUARY  FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-EIGHT SHALL BE
 SIXTY PERCENT OF THE EMPLOYEE'S WEEKLY AVERAGE WAGE BUT SHALL NOT EXCEED
 SIXTY PERCENT OF THE STATE AVERAGE WEEKLY WAGE; AND  (IV)  ON  OR  AFTER
 JANUARY  FIRST  OF EACH SUCCEEDING YEAR, SHALL BE SIXTY-SEVEN PERCENT OF
 THE EMPLOYEE'S AVERAGE WEEKLY WAGE  BUT  SHALL  NOT  EXCEED  SIXTY-SEVEN
 PERCENT  OF  THE STATE AVERAGE WEEKLY WAGE. The weekly benefit which the
 disabled employee is entitled to receive for disability commencing on or
 after May first, nineteen  hundred  eighty-nine  AND  PRIOR  TO  JANUARY
 FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SIX shall be one-half of the employee's week-
 ly  wage,  but  in no case shall such benefit exceed one hundred seventy
 dollars; except that if the employee's average weekly wage is less  than
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02619-02-3
              

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