Relates to paid family leave benefits

More paid family leave for construction workers

Effective upon enactment, New York expands paid family leave for workers serving multiple employers under a union agreement. Covered work includes construction, demolition, reconstruction, excavation, rehabilitation, repairs, renovations, alterations, and improvements. Workers qualify after employment in at least 26 of the last 39 weeks with covered employers that signed a union agreement. Once qualified, workers regain eligibility immediately after agreed unpaid leave or vacation, with the same or a different covered employer. Workers who receive unemployment benefits after a layoff qualify upon returning to work if they meet the 26-of-39-week requirement. These workers remain eligible only while employed by a covered employer.