New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A09071

Introduced
9/5/25  
Refer
9/5/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Report Pass
5/12/26  

Caption

Includes certain persons engaged in a professional or teaching capacity in or for a religious, charitable or educational institution as employees for purposes of eligibility for paid family leave.

Impact

Should A09071 be enacted, it would significantly impact how employees within religious, charitable, and educational institutions are recognized under existing labor laws. By amending the workers' compensation law to include these professionals, the bill broadens the scope of who qualifies for benefits, promoting greater inclusivity in workers' rights. This change aligns with broader trends toward improving worker protections in various sectors that often operate outside conventional employment frameworks.

Summary

Bill A09071 proposes amendments to the workers' compensation law in New York, specifically addressing the classification of certain individuals engaged in professional or teaching capacities for religious, charitable, or educational institutions. The bill seeks to categorize these individuals as employees, thereby granting them eligibility for paid family leave benefits. This legislative initiative is motivated by the intent to extend support and protections afforded to employees under the state's family leave provisions to those who work within important community-oriented institutions.

Contention

However, there may be points of contention regarding this bill. Critics could argue that altering the definition of 'employee' to encompass more individuals might increase the financial burden on these institutions, which often operate on limited budgets. This could lead to challenges in funding paid leave provisions, particularly for smaller organizations that might be unable to absorb additional costs associated with benefits regulations. Discussions surrounding A09071 could thus reveal underlying tensions between expanding worker rights and the fiscal realities faced by non-profit entities.

Companion Bills

NY S09560

Same As Includes certain persons engaged in a professional or teaching capacity in or for a religious, charitable or educational institution as employees for purposes of eligibility for paid family leave.

Previously Filed As

NY S09560

Includes certain persons engaged in a professional or teaching capacity in or for a religious, charitable or educational institution as employees for purposes of eligibility for paid family leave.

NY S08747

Includes entities that provide employment or services to formerly incarcerated persons in the preferred source exemption for purposes of state purchasing.

NY SB1546

Religious institutions; charitable services

NY A10802

Enacts the "MWBE equality act" to add ethno-religious groups as minority group members for the purposes of MWBE; defines ethno-religious persons as unified by a common religious and ethnic background.

NY A09158

Allows an employee to use paid sick leave for bereavement upon the death of a family member, or upon pregnancy loss by the employee or the employee's spouse or domestic partner or upon a foster child leaving a foster family provided the foster child was in the care of the foster family for six months or longer.

NY S08892

Allows an employee to use paid sick leave for bereavement upon the death of a family member, or upon pregnancy loss by the employee or the employee's spouse or domestic partner or upon a foster child leaving a foster family provided the foster child was in the care of the foster family for six months or longer.

NY A10791

Establishes a loan forgiveness program for licensed mental health professionals in jails and prisons for the purpose of increasing the number of mental health professionals rendering mental health services in correctional institutions; provides for eligibility and priority; provides for awards in the amount of $2,000; makes related provisions.

NY A01248

Prohibits the knowing sale, offer for sale, or delivery of xylazine to persons under the age of 21 and without proof of the intended use for institutional, veterinary, or scientific purposes.

NY SB590

Paid family leave: eligibility: care for designated persons.

NY S07668

Prohibits the knowing sale of xylazine above a certain weight to persons under the age of 21 and without proof of the intended use for institutional, veterinary, or scientific purposes.

Similar Bills

No similar bills found.