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S 5362: Relates to permitting payments 14 days after the due date.
What S 5362 does, verified January 8, 2026
The bill aims to modify the workers' compensation law in New York. It seeks to establish a penalty for employers or insurance carriers who fail to pay compensation within 14 days of the due date. If payment is delayed, the employer must pay an additional 20% of the due compensation, which will accrue in favor of the injured worker or their dependents. The employer will also be assessed a $300 penalty. This change is intended to encourage timely payments and provide a financial incentive for employers to meet their obligations. The bill takes effect immediately.
Bill journey
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5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: REFERRED TO LABOR (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about S 5362
- What is the current status of S 5362?
- As of January 8, 2026, S 5362 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on January 7, 2026, was "REFERRED TO LABOR".
- Did S 5362 pass?
- Not yet. S 5362 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote S 5362, and where is it now?
- S 5362 was authored by Sen. Leroy Comrie. Its committee of record is Senate Labor.
Author and sponsors
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | REFERRED TO LABOR |
| Feb. 20, 2025 | REFERRED TO LABOR |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, February 20, 2025 · 299 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5362 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE February 20, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Labor AN ACT to amend the workers' compensation law, in relation to permitting payments 14 days after the due date The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraph (e) of subdivision 1 of section 25 of the work- 2 ers' compensation law, as amended by chapter 635 of the laws of 1996, is 3 amended to read as follows: 4 (e) If the employer or insurance carrier shall fail to pay any 5 installments of compensation within [twenty-five] fourteen days after 6 the same become due, there shall be paid by the employer or, if insured, 7 its insurance carrier, an additional amount of twenty percent of the 8 compensation then due which shall accrue for the benefit of the injured 9 worker or [his or her] such injured worker's dependents and shall be 10 paid to [him or her or] them with the compensation, unless such delay or 11 default is excused by the board upon the application of the employer or 12 insurance carrier upon the ground that owing to conditions over which 13 the employer or insurance carrier had no control, such payment could not 14 be made. The employer in each such instance shall also be assessed the 15 sum of three hundred dollars, which shall be paid to the claimant. 16 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD09522-01-5
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