New York S02537 amends workers' compensation law to classify inability to perform sedentary work or federal social security disability approval as.

New York S02537 amends the workers' compensation law to redefine permanent total disability. It includes the inability to perform the full range of sedentary work or approval for federal social security disability benefits due to a compensable accident or occupational disease as qualifying conditions. This change applies to injuries arising on and after the effective date of the act. The inability to perform sedentary work is defined as the inability to sit for at least six hours in an eight-hour day and to walk or stand for no more than two hours in an eight-hour day.

New York S02537 amends workers' compensation law to classify inability to perform sedentary work or federal social security disability approval as.

New York S02537 amends the workers' compensation law to redefine permanent total disability. It includes the inability to perform the full range of sedentary work or approval for federal social security disability benefits due to a compensable accident or occupational disease as qualifying conditions. This change applies to injuries arising on and after the effective date of the act. The inability to perform sedentary work is defined as the inability to sit for at least six hours in an eight-hour day and to walk or stand for no more than two hours in an eight-hour day.