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- Recommitted to rules
- Ordered to third reading cal.1967
- Committee discharged and committed to rules
- Referred to labor
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Title of bill
An act to amend the workers' compensation law, in relation to the definition of "employer" for the purposes of disability benefits
Purpose
For the purpose of disability benefits, this bill would amend the definition of "employer".
Summary of specific provisions
Section 1 - Amends subdivision 4 of section 201 of the workers' compensation law, as added by chapter 600 of the laws of 1949.
Section 2 - Effective date
Justification
There are a unique set of factors which make Small businesses more vulnerable and disproportionately impacted by economic changes. This is why half of all small businesses (identified as those with 50 employees or less) do not survive beyond two years. This is the sound reasoning behind why small businesses are often times exempted from initiatives which would have less of an impact on larger businesses. The failure to incorporate this exemption as part of initiatives which have a direct impact on the State economy and, therefore, indirectly on small businesses is ill conceived and will hinder both job retention and creation. This is why both the States of California and Connecticut, have this 50 employee exemption and why the State of Massachusetts has an exemption for small businesses with 11 employees or less.
The newly adopted Family Leave Act will force small businesses to pay temporary workers when their workers take Family Leave and result in reduced productivity due to the usual training period associated with a new position as well as create additional administrative costs due to the paperwork associated with the employee on leave and the temporary employee. Small businesses are the backbone of the state economy and therefore, should receive this exemption that both the federal government and other States have prudently included.
Prior legislative history
New bill
Fiscal implications
None.
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately.
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