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NY S08795
Bill
Status
2/13/2026
Primary Sponsor
Leroy Comrie
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AI Summary
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Defines "construction employee" as workers who perform construction, demolition, reconstruction, excavation, rehabilitation, repairs, renovations, alterations, or improvements for multiple employers under a collective bargaining agreement
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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
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Allows construction employees who return to work after unpaid leave, vacation, or layoff with unemployment benefits to immediately be eligible for family leave benefits with the covered employer immediately preceding the leave period
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Requires construction employees to maintain existing union health plan or fund benefits during family leave, and permits collective bargaining agreements to provide additional terms such as health contribution payments during leave
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Delays the effective date of a related 2025 law (S. 50/A. 4727) on paid family leave benefits from immediate implementation to January 1, 2027
Legislative Description
Extends paid family leave benefits to certain construction employees 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; relates to the effectiveness thereof.
Last Action
SIGNED CHAP.72
2/13/2026