What's happening
This bill allows certain New York public employees to use accrued sick, compensation, or vacation time if injured at work before workers' compensation coverage begins.
Why it matters
Provides immediate financial stability. By allowing public employees to use their accrued sick, comp, or vacation leave if they’re injured on the job but not yet receiving workers’ compensation, the bill helps prevent unpaid gaps that could otherwise create financial hardship.
Closes a coverage loophole. The bill addresses a period where injured employees might have no income because there is often a delay before workers’ compensation benefits begin, ensuring that workers aren’t left unsupported due to bureaucratic processing times.
Protects accrued leave balances. While employees can use their own leave to maintain their income, this also means they may deplete their earned time off if there is a delay in workers’ compensation coverage, potentially impacting future time-off needs.
Standardizes support across public sectors. This amendment applies broadly to state, county, school district, and other public employees, creating a more consistent safety net for public workers across New York.
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Let Injured Workers Use Leave
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Sponsors
4 Co-sponsors
2 Multi-sponsors
History
- Advanced to third reading cal.901
- Reported
- Referred to governmental employees
- Referred to governmental employees
Full text
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STATE OF NEW YORK
993
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 10, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. SIMON, ORTIZ, MOSLEY, HOOPER, RAIA -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COOK, PERRY -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Employees
AN ACT to amend the civil service law, in relation to use of accrued sick time, compensation time or vacation time
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. The civil service law is amended by adding a new section 159-d to read as follows:
§ 159-d. Payment in lieu of workers' compensation payments. Every public officer, employee of this state, county, community college, public authority, public benefit corporation, board of cooperative educational services (BOCES), vocational education and extension board, school district enumerated in section one of chapter five hundred sixty-six of the laws of nineteen hundred sixty-seven, municipality, school district or participating employer in the New York state and local employees' retirement system or a participating employer in the New York state teachers' retirement system who has suffered a work related injury shall be entitled to use accrued sick time, compensation time or vacation time where any such employee is injured but has not yet become covered under the provisions of the workers' compensation law.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD00790-01-7
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