227 – Actionable Injuries in Claims for Disability Benefits; Subrogation.
§ 227. Actionable injuries in claims for disability benefits; subrogation. 1. If an employee entitled to disability benefits under this article be disabled by injury caused by the negligence or wrong of a third party, such employee need not elect whether to take such disability benefits or to pursue his remedy against such third party, […]
212-B – Public Employees; Public Employees Represented by an Employee Organization; Employee Opt In.
§ 212-b. Public employees; public employees represented by an employee organization; employee opt in. 1. For purposes of this section, “public employee” means any employee of the state, any political subdivision of the state, a public authority or any other governmental agency or instrumentality. “Public employer” means the state, any political subdivision of the state, […]
213 – Non-Compliance or Default.
§ 213. Non-compliance or default. 1. Whenever a covered employer does not comply with this article by providing for the payment of disability and family leave benefits to his or her employees in one or more of the ways provided in section two hundred eleven of this article or whenever a carrier fails to pay […]
214 – Special Fund for Disability Benefits.
§ 214. Special fund for disability benefits. There is hereby created a fund which shall be known as the special fund for disability benefits to provide for the payment of disability benefits under sections two hundred seven, two hundred thirteen and attendance fees under section two hundred thirty-two of this article. 1. As promptly as […]
215 – Commissioner of Taxation and Finance Custodian of Fund.
§ 215. Commissioner of taxation and finance custodian of fund. The commissioner of taxation and finance shall be the custodian of the special fund for disability benefits and all disbursements therefrom shall be paid by him upon drafts signed by the chairman or those authorized by the chairman for that purpose. The commissioner of taxation […]
216 – Disposition of Uncommitted Balance of Employees’ Contributions.
§ 216. Disposition of uncommitted balance of employees’ contributions. Whenever any arrangement for the provision of benefits as set forth in section two hundred eleven is terminated, any uncommitted balance of employee contributions shall be utilized only to pay accrued benefits and to provide benefits under this article. On the liquidation of a covered employer’s […]
217 – Notice and Proof of Claim.
§ 217. Notice and proof of claim. 1. Written notice and proof of disability or proof of need for family leave shall be furnished to the employer by or on behalf of the employee claiming benefits or, in the case of a claimant under section two hundred seven of this article, to the chair, within […]
210 – Employer Contributions.
§ 210. Employer contributions. 1. Every covered employer shall, on and after January first, nineteen hundred fifty, contribute the cost of providing disability benefits in excess of the contributions collected from his or her employees, to the extent and in the manner provided in this article. 2. The special contribution of each covered employer to […]
211 – Provision for Payment of Benefits.
§ 211. Provision for payment of benefits. A covered employer shall, with his or her own contributions and the contributions of his employees, provide disability and after January first, two thousand eighteen, family leave benefits to his or her employees in one or more of the following ways: 1. by insuring and keeping insured the […]
212 – Voluntary Coverage.
§ 212. Voluntary coverage. 1. Any employer not required by this article to provide for the payment of disability or family leave benefits to his employees, or to any class or classes thereof, may become a covered employer or bring within the provisions of this article such employees or class or classes thereof by voluntarily […]