Bill > S08366

This bill amends the workers' compensation law to expand the definition of "family leave" to include situations where an employee takes time off due to a family member's deployment in the New York National Guard during a declared state of emergency or other ordered active state service. Specifically, the bill adds language that allows employees to take family leave when their spouse, domestic partner, child, or parent has been deployed to active service as a member of the New York National Guard under specific emergency conditions or state-ordered active service. This expands the existing family leave provisions, which previously covered leave for medical care, bonding with a new child, and qualifying exigencies related to military service in the U.S. armed forces. The change recognizes the potential need for employees to support family members serving in the state National Guard during emergency situations, providing them with job-protected leave. The bill takes effect immediately upon passage.

Labor and Employment

https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S8366