Bill > S03733

This bill extends paid family leave benefits to employees who perform construction, demolition, reconstruction, excavation, rehabilitation, repairs, renovations, alterations, or improvements for multiple employers pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement. These employees shall be eligible for family leave benefits if they were employed for at least twenty-six of the last thirty-nine weeks by any covered employer which is signatory to a collective bargaining agreement. The bill also allows these employees who become eligible for paid family leave benefits, and who return to work after an agreed and specified unpaid leave of absence or vacation without pay with the same or different employer, to become eligible for family leave benefits immediately. Additionally, employees in this category who are laid-off and receive unemployment benefits shall be eligible for family leave benefits upon returning to work if they are otherwise qualified by having worked at least twenty-six of the last thirty-nine weeks.