NY A09466

Defines "construction employee" as workers performing construction, demolition, reconstruction, excavation, rehabilitation, repairs, renovations, alterations, or improvements for multiple employers under a collective bargaining agreement

Establishes that construction employees qualify for paid family leave benefits if they worked the employer's normal work week for at least 26 of the last 39 weeks with any covered employer signatory to a collective bargaining agreement

Allows construction employees who return from unpaid leave, vacation, or layoff with unemployment benefits to be immediately eligible for family leave with the covered employer immediately preceding the leave period

Requires construction employees to maintain existing union health plan or fund benefits during family leave, and permits collective bargaining agreements to include additional terms such as health contribution payments during leave

Delays the effective date of a related 2025 law (S. 50/A. 4727) on extending paid family leave benefits from immediate effect to January 1, 2027