S 3954: Classifies worksite employees of professional employers as employees of the professional employer for certain insurance purposes.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3954 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE January 31, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. RAMOS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Labor AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to the classification of certain worksite employees as employees of a professional employer The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 6 of section 922 of the labor 2 law, as added by chapter 565 of the laws of 2002, is amended to read as 3 follows: 4 (b) Worksite employees are [not] automatically deemed pursuant to this 5 section to be employees of the professional employer organization for 6 purposes of general liability, insurance, automobile insurance, fidelity 7 bonds, surety bonds, employer's liability which is not covered by work- 8 ers' compensation, or liquor liability insurance carried by the profes- 9 sional employer organization unless the worksite employees are included 10 by specific reference in the professional employer agreement and appli- 11 cable prearranged employment contract, insurance contract or bond. 12 § 2. This act shall take effect October 1, 2025. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD08525-01-5