27-C – Appropriations to the Aggregate Trust Fund.
§ 27-c. Appropriations to the aggregate trust fund. 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the aggregate trust fund, hereinafter referred to as the fund, and all state officers with responsibility for the custody or investment of such fund or of its assets, shall annually, no later than November first in each year, submit to […]
28 – Limitation of Right to Compensation.
§ 28. Limitation of right to compensation. The right to claim compensation under this chapter shall be barred, except as hereinafter provided, unless within two years after the accident, or if death results therefrom within two years after such death, a claim for compensation shall be filed with the chairman, but the employer and insurance […]
29 – Remedies of Employees; Subrogation.
§ 29. Remedies of employees; subrogation. 1. If an employee entitled to compensation under this chapter be injured or killed by the negligence or wrong of another not in the same employ, such injured employee, or in case of death, his dependents, need not elect whether to take compensation and medical benefits under this chapter […]
30 – Revenues or Benefits From Other Sources Not to Affect Compensation.
* § 30. Revenues or benefits from other sources not to affect compensation. No benefits, savings or insurance of the injured employee, independent of the provisions of this chapter, shall be considered in determining the compensation or benefits to be paid under this chapter, except that (1) in case of the death of an employee […]
31 – Agreement for Contribution by Employee Void.
§ 31. Agreement for contribution by employee void. No agreement by an employee to pay any portion of the premium paid by his employer to the state insurance fund or to contribute to a benefit fund or department maintained by such employer or to the cost of mutual insurance or other insurance, maintained for or […]
32 – Waiver Agreements.
§ 32. Waiver agreements. No agreement or release except as otherwise provided in this chapter by an employee to waive his right to compensation under this chapter shall be valid. (a) Whenever a claim has been filed, the claimant or the deceased claimant’s dependents and the employer, its carrier, the special disability fund as set […]
32-A – Waivers of Specific Coverage Prohibited.
§ 32-a. Waivers of specific coverage prohibited. All employers doing business in this state shall ensure that their employees working in New York state are insured for all protections required under this chapter. Waivers of coverage shall not be available to out of state employers.
33 – Assignments; Exemptions.
§ 33. Assignments; exemptions. Compensation or benefits due under this chapter shall not be assigned, released or commuted except as provided by this chapter, and shall be exempt from all claims of creditors and from levy, execution and attachment or other remedy for recovery or collection of a debt, which exemption may not be waived […]
34 – Preferences.
§ 34. Preferences. Compensation shall be a lien against the assets of the carrier of employer without limit of amount subordinate, however, to claims for unpaid wages and prior recorded liens. The provisions of this section shall not apply to the state insurance fund with respect to those liabilities and obligations assumed by the state […]
35 – Safety Net.
§ 35. Safety net. 1. Return to work. (a) The commissioner of labor will issue a report to the governor, the speaker of the assembly, the majority leader of the senate, and the chairs of the labor, ways and means and finance committees of the assembly and senate on or before December first, two thousand […]