A 9897 New York Assembly · 2021 Regular Session

Relates to the workers' compensation benefit of certain disabled employees

Summary
Provides that the weekly benefit which the disabled employee is entitled to receive for disability commencing: (i) on or after January first, two thousand twenty-four shall be fifty percent of the employee's average weekly wage but shall not exceed fifty percent of the state average weekly wage; (ii) on or after January first, two thousand twenty-five shall be fifty-five percent of the employee's average weekly wage but shall not exceed fifty-five percent of the state average weekly wage; (iii) on or after January first, two thousand twenty-six shall be sixty percent of the employee's weekly average wage but shall not exceed sixty percent of the state average weekly wage; and (iv) on or after January first of each succeeding year, shall be sixty-seven percent of the employee's average weekly wage but shall not exceed sixty-seven percent of the state average weekly wage.
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Introduced Apr 19, 2022 Last action Apr 19, 2022
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