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Senator · Senate District 59
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History
- Print number 3010a
- Amend and recommit to labor
- Referred to labor
- Referred to labor
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Sponsor's memo
BILL NUMBER:S3010A
Title of bill
An act to amend the workers' compensation law, in relation to applicable average weekly wage
Purpose
To reduce the costs of unemployment insurance for employers in areas where the average weekly wage is less than the state average.
Summary of provisions
Section 1 defines the applicable weekly wage as the average weekly wage of the economic development region where an employee resides or the average weekly wage in New York State, whichever is less.
Sections 2 and 3 apply this applicable weekly wage to compensation for disability resulting from an accident or occupational disease.
Section 4 provides for an immediate effective date.
Existing law
Compensation is based on the average weekly wage for New York State.
Justification
Currently, compensation for disability resulting from an accident or occupational disease is based upon the average weekly wage for New York State. This has the effect of giving disabled workers in rural areas of the state an oversized amount of compensation in relation to their cost of living. Because employers must pay these oversized amounts of compensation, they must in turn pay an increased amount of workers' compensation insurance that bears no relation to the costs of living and doing business in the environment where these businesses are located. By also limiting compensation to the average wage in the economic development region in which the employee resides, New York will more closely align the cost of workers' compensation insurance and compensation for injured workers with the cost of living. This will reduce the total cost of hiring an employee in most regions of the State, allowing employers in these regions to increase the number of employees.
Legislative history
New Bill
Fiscal implications
None to the state.
Effective date
Immediate
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