New York legislation · 2025-2026 General Assembly
New York A11696: Permits paid family leave in four-hour increments
Status: In committee, September 2, 2026
Permits paid family leave in four-hour increments; prohibits family leave benefits from being payable if an employee works more than one four-hour increment in one day.
What the bill says
An act to amend the workers' compensation law, in relation to permitting paid family leave in four-hour increments.
From the introduced text, September 2, 2026:
AN ACT to amend the workers' compensation law, in relation to permitting paid family leave in four-hour increments THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 14 of section 201 of the workers' compensation law, as amended by section 2 of part SS of chapter 54 of the laws of 2016, is amended to read as follows: 14. "A day of disability" means any day on which the employee was prevented from performing work because of disability[, including any day which the employee uses for family leave,] and for which the employee has not received [his or her] THE EMPLOYEE'S regular remuneration. § 2. Subdivision 1 of section 204 of the workers' compensation law, as amended by section 5 of part SS of chapter 54 of the laws of 2016, is amended to read as follows: 1. Disability benefits shall be payable to an eligible employee for disabilities, beginning with the eighth day of disability and thereafter during the continuance of disability, subject to the limitations as to maximum and minimum amounts and duration and other conditions and limitations in this section and in sections two hundred five and two hundred six of this article. Family leave benefits shall be payable to an eligible employee for the first …
Sponsors
- Andrew Hevesi (D, 28) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : REFERRED TO LABOR
Subjects: Workers' Compensation Law
Common questions
- What is A11696?
- A11696 is a bill in the New York Legislature (2025-2026 General Assembly): Permits paid family leave in four-hour increments.
- What does A11696 do?
- In its own words: An act to amend the workers' compensation law, in relation to permitting paid family leave in four-hour increments.
- What is the status of A11696?
- In committee as of September 2, 2026. Latest action: REFERRED TO LABOR (September 2, 2026).
- Who sponsored A11696?
- Andrew Hevesi (D, 28).
- Where is the official record for A11696?
- On the New York Legislature website: https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A11696
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