| Unemployment Insurance |
| Unemployment insurance rate (existing employers) (2011) |
1.5% - 9.9% |
| Unemployment insurance rate (new employers) (2011) |
4.1% |
| Unemployment insurance taxable base (2011) |
$8,500 |
| Unemployment insurance maximum weekly benefit amount (2011) |
$405 |
| Workers' Compensation |
| Maximum weekly benefit (2011) |
2/3 NYS Average Weekly Wage |
| Rate for Clericals (Code 8810) (2010) |
$0.30 |
| Waiting period (days) |
7 |
| Automatic cost of living increase for total disability? |
No |
| Employee allowed to choose any physician? |
Yes |
| Physician must be chosen from list pre-approved by employer |
State list approved by the Workers
Compensation Board |
| Mental stress generally allowed as a compensable injury as a result of cumulative trauma? |
Yes |
| Carpal tunnel generally allowed as a compensable injury as a result of cumulative trauma? |
Yes |
| Labor Legislation |
| Employment at will? (Yes or No) |
Yes |
| If yes, significant restrictions (from employers standpoint) |
No |
| Restrictions on employee drug testing |
No |
| Telephone monitoring restrictions for regulation of productivity (or customer service) |
Yes, one party consent |
| Plant Closing Law stricter than Federal? |
No |
| ADA legislation stricter than Federal? |
Yes |
| Ban on hiring replacement workers during a strike? |
No |
| Striking workers entitled to unemployment insurance? |
Yes, after 49 days |
| Relatively difficult for an employer to contest and win a workers' comp. claim? |
No |
| Relatively difficult for an employer to contest and win an unemployment ins. claim? |
No |
| Right to Work law in effect? |
No |
| EEO hiring standards more restrictive than Federal? |
No |
| Sexual harassment laws more restrictive than Federal? |
No |
| Mandated parental leave legislation more generous than Federal? |
No |
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