Relates to eligibility for unemployment benefits for certain New York city emergency medical services personnel under quarantine for coronavirus (COVID-19); provides that such employees shall not be deprived of benefit payments by reason of COVID-19 quarantine.
Requires the provision of paid family leave and certain other employee benefits when an employee is under a mandatory or precautionary order of medically-necessary quarantine or isolation issued by the department of health.
Amends the definition of infectious diseases to include the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and would include emergency medical technicians eligible for benefits.