Senate Bill S3922A

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to attachment to the labor market in temporary partial disability cases

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2017-S3922 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9718
Current Committee:
Senate Labor
Law Section:
Workers' Compensation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §15, Work Comp L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: S5294
2015-2016: S2768
2019-2020: S3234, A649

2017-S3922 - Summary

Relates to attachment to the labor market in temporary partial disability cases.

2017-S3922 - Sponsor Memo

2017-S3922 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3922
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 30, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  SAVINO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Labor
 
 AN ACT to amend the workers' compensation law, in relation to establish-
   ing statutory guidelines for return  to  work  by  partially  disabled
   workers

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivisions 5-a and 5-b of  section  15  of  the  workers'
 compensation  law, subdivision 5-a as amended by chapter 113 of the laws
 of 1946 and subdivision 5-b as added by chapter 778 of the laws of 1945,
 are amended to read as follows:
   5-a.  Determination  of  wage  earning  capacity  IN  CASE  OF  ACTUAL
 EARNINGS.  The  wage earning capacity of an injured employee in cases of
 partial  disability  shall  be  determined  by  his   actual   earnings,
 [provided, however, that if he has no such actual earnings the board may
 in  the  interest  of justice fix such wage earning capacity as shall be
 reasonable, but not in excess of seventy-five per centum of  his  former
 full time actual earnings, having due regard to the nature of his injury
 and his physical impairment] IF ANY.
   5-b. DETERMINATION OF WAGE EARNING CAPACITY IN ABSENCE OF ACTUAL EARN-
 INGS.  THE  WAGE  EARNING  CAPACITY  OF  AN INJURED EMPLOYEE IN CASES OF
 PARTIAL DISABILITY SHALL, IN THE ABSENCE OF ACTUAL EARNINGS,  BE  DETER-
 MINED  BY THE BOARD. THE BOARD SHALL IN THE INTEREST OF JUSTICE FIX SUCH
 WAGE EARNING CAPACITY AS MAY BE REASONABLE, BUT NOT IN EXCESS OF  SEVEN-
 TY-FIVE  PER  CENTUM  OF  THE INJURED EMPLOYEE'S FORMER FULL TIME ACTUAL
 EARNINGS, HAVING DUE REGARD  TO  THE  NATURE  OF  THE  INJURY,  PHYSICAL
 IMPAIRMENT,  AND  OTHER  RELEVANT FACTORS. THE BOARD SHALL AWARD COMPEN-
 SATION BASED ON THE INJURED EMPLOYEE'S LOSS OF WAGE EARNING CAPACITY.
   (A) VOLUNTARY WITHDRAWAL FROM THE LABOR MARKET.   NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY
 PROVISION  TO  THE CONTRARY, THE BOARD MAY DECLINE TO AWARD COMPENSATION
 IF IT FINDS THAT THE INJURED EMPLOYEE HAS VOLUNTARILY WITHDRAWN FROM THE
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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2017-S3922A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9718
Current Committee:
Senate Labor
Law Section:
Workers' Compensation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §15, Work Comp L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: S5294
2015-2016: S2768
2019-2020: S3234, A649

2017-S3922A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to attachment to the labor market in temporary partial disability cases.

2017-S3922A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S3922A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  3922--A
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 30, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens. SAVINO, SANDERS -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Labor  --  recom-
   mitted  to  the  Committee  on Labor in accordance with Senate Rule 6,
   sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill  amended,  ordered  reprinted  as
   amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the workers' compensation law, in relation to attachment
   to the labor market in temporary partial disability cases
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 5 of section 15 of  the  workers'  compensation
 law,  as  amended by chapter 161 of the laws of 1966, is amended to read
 as follows:
   5. Temporary partial disability. In case of temporary partial disabil-
 ity resulting in decrease of earning capacity, the compensation shall be
 two-thirds of the difference  between  the  injured  employee's  average
 weekly wages before the accident and his wage earning capacity after the
 accident in the same or other employment. COMPENSATION UNDER THIS SUBDI-
 VISION SHALL BE PAYABLE DURING THE CONTINUANCE OF SUCH TEMPORARY PARTIAL
 DISABILITY,  WITHOUT THE NECESSITY FOR THE CLAIMANT TO DEMONSTRATE ONGO-
 ING ATTACHMENT TO THE LABOR MARKET, UNLESS  THE  BOARD  FINDS  THAT  THE
 INJURED  EMPLOYEE'S  LOSS  OF  WAGES  IS  WHOLLY UNRELATED TO HIS OR HER
 PARTIAL DISABILITY.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03017-02-8



              

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