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NY A07347
Bill
Status
5/17/2023
Primary Sponsor
Latoya Joyner
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AI Summary
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Extends paid family leave eligibility to construction and related workers employed by multiple employers under collective bargaining agreements if they worked at least 26 of the last 39 weeks with a covered signatory employer.
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Allows construction workers who return from agreed unpaid leave or vacation to immediately regain family leave benefits regardless of whether they return to the same or different employer.
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Preserves family leave benefits eligibility for construction workers who are laid off and receive unemployment benefits, provided they meet the 26-of-39-weeks employment requirement.
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Maintains existing eligibility requirements for other workers: 4 or more consecutive weeks for disability benefits and 26 or more consecutive weeks for family leave benefits.
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Takes effect immediately upon enactment.
Legislative Description
Extends paid family leave benefits to employees who perform construction, demolition, reconstruction, excavation, rehabilitation, repairs, renovations, alterations, or improvements for multiple employers pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement who shall be eligible for family leave benefits if they were employed for at least twenty-six of the last thirty-nine weeks by any covered employer which is signatory to a collective bargaining agreement.
Last Action
enacting clause stricken
1/10/2024