NY A02748

Expands the definition of permanent total disability under workers' compensation to include inability to perform the full range of sedentary work or approval for federal Social Security disability benefits resulting from a work-related accident or occupational disease

Defines inability to perform sedentary work as being unable to exert up to 10 pounds of force occasionally, unable to exert negligible force frequently to lift/carry/push/pull objects, or unable to sit for at least 6 hours in an 8-hour workday

Requires consideration of non-exertional activities such as seeing, hand-manipulation, and understanding/remembering/carrying out simple instructions when evaluating inability to perform unskilled sedentary work

Updates gendered language in the statute by replacing "his" with "such employee's" throughout the provision

Applies to injuries arising on and after the effective date of the act