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
The implementation of S09560 would have significant implications for state labor law, particularly concerning the rights and benefits accessible to workers within non-profit and educational contexts. By formally recognizing those in professional roles at these institutions as employees, the bill aims to ensure that they receive the same benefits and protections afforded to employees in other sectors. This could potentially lead to an increase in the number of individuals eligible for paid family leave in New York, reflecting a broader commitment to worker rights in diverse professional settings.
Summary
S09560 is a legislative proposal introduced in the New York Senate by Senator C. Ryan, aimed at amending the state's workers' compensation law. This bill specifically seeks to redefine the status of individuals engaged in professional or teaching capacities within religious, charitable, and educational institutions, granting them employee status for the purposes of eligibility for paid family leave. The amendment seeks to enhance protections and benefits for a group of workers not previously recognized under the state's workers' compensation framework, thereby broadening the applicability of paid family leave provisions to include these individuals.
Contention
While the bill is expected to garner support from advocacy groups focused on workplace rights and family leave, it could also face opposition from certain sectors within the religious and educational communities. Concerns may arise regarding the additional financial burdens that could be placed on these institutions as they adjust to comply with the new regulations. Additionally, some critics may argue about the appropriateness of extending labor protections in a manner that could disrupt traditional operational models within these organizations.
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.
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.
Includes entities that provide employment or services to formerly incarcerated persons in the preferred source exemption for purposes of state purchasing.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.