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NY A01167
Bill
Status
Introduced
1/9/2025
Primary Sponsor
Nily Rozic
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AI Summary
- Requires employers to provide hazard payments to essential workers during state disaster emergencies when workers face unavoidable, direct risks to safety and health
- Caps hazard payments at $25,000 per year for essential workers earning less than $200,000, and $5,000 for those earning more than $200,000
- Defines covered employers as formula retail stores (12+ locations with standardized features), large employers ($50 million+ annual revenue), transportation businesses, and their franchisees/subcontractors
- Exempts manufacturing companies and 501(c)(3) non-profit organizations from the employer requirements
- Essential workers include those in healthcare, utilities, transportation, grocery stores, pharmacies, news media, banks, construction, mail/shipping services, and child care during declared emergencies
Legislative Description
Relates to providing hazard payments to essential workers during a state disaster emergency; provides that certain employers shall make hazard payments to essential workers during a state disaster emergency provided no hazard payment shall exceed twenty-five thousand dollars in any year for any essential worker earning less than two hundred thousand dollars per year or five thousand dollars for any essential worker earning more than two hundred thousand dollars.
Last Action
referred to labor
1/7/2026
Committee Referrals
Labor1/9/2025
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