206. Non-duplication of benefits. 1. No disability benefits shall be payable under section two hundred four or two hundred seven of this article:
(a) in a weekly benefit amount which, together with any amount that the employee receives or is entitled to receive for the same period or any part thereof as a permanent disability benefit or annuity under any governmental system or program, except under a veteran's disability program, or under any permanent disability policy or program of an employer for whom he or she has performed services, would, if apportioned to weekly periods, exceed his or her weekly benefit amount under this section, provided however, that there shall be no offset against the benefits set forth in this article if the claim for disability benefits is based on a disability other than the permanent disability for which the aforesaid permanent disability benefit or annuity was granted;
(b) with respect to any week for which payments are received under the unemployment insurance law or similar law of this state or of any other state or of the United States;
(c) subject to the provisions of subdivision two of this section, for any period with respect to which benefits, compensation or other allowances (other than workers' compensation benefits for a permanent partial disability occurring prior to the disability for which benefits are claimed hereunder) are paid or payable under this chapter, the volunteer firefighters' benefit law, or any other workers' compensation act, occupational disease act or similar law, or under any employers' liability act or similar law; under any other temporary disability or cash sickness benefits act or similar law; under section six hundred eighty-eight, title forty-six, United States code; under the federal employers' liability act; or under the maritime doctrine of maintenance, wages and cure.
2. If an employee who is eligible for disability benefits under section two hundred three or two hundred seven of this article is disabled and has claimed or subsequently claims workers' compensation benefits under this chapter or benefits under the volunteer firefighters' benefit law or the volunteer ambulance workers' benefit law, and such claim is controverted on the ground that the employee's disability was not caused by an accident that arose out of and in the course of his employment or by an occupational disease, or by an injury in line of duty as a volunteer firefighter or volunteer ambulance worker, the employee shall be entitled in the first instance to receive benefits under this article for his or her disability. If benefits have been paid under this article in respect to a disability alleged to have arisen out of and in the course of the employment or by reason of an occupational disease, or in line of duty as a volunteer firefighter or a volunteer ambulance worker, the employer or carrier or the chair making such payment may, at any time before award of workers' compensation benefits, or volunteer firefighters' benefits or volunteer ambulance workers' benefits, is made, file with the board a claim for reimbursement out of the proceeds of such award to the employee for the period for which disability benefits were paid to the employee under this article, and shall have a lien against the award for reimbursement, notwithstanding the provisions of section thirty-three of this chapter or section twenty-three of the volunteer firefighters' benefit law or section twenty-three of the volunteer ambulance workers' benefit law provided the insurance carrier liable for payment of the award receives, before such award is made, a copy of the claim for reimbursement from the employer, carrier or chair who paid disability benefits, or provided the board's decision and award directs such reimbursement therefrom.
3. No family leave benefits shall be payable under section two hundred four of this article:
(a) During periods when the employee is receiving total disability payments pursuant to a claim for workers' compensation, volunteer firefighters' benefits or volunteer ambulance workers' benefits, except that when the employee is receiving payments for partial disability or reduced earnings under such laws, the family leave benefit, when combined with the benefits under such laws shall not exceed the average weekly wage in the employment for which family leave benefits are sought;
(b) To an employee who is not employed or is on administrative leave from his or her employment;
(c) To an employee during periods where the employee is collecting sick pay or paid time off from the employer; and
(d) for any day in which claimant works at least part of that day for remuneration or profit for the covered employer or for any other employer while working for remuneration or profit, for him or herself, or another person or entity, during the same or substantially similar working hours as those of the covered employer from which family leave benefits are claimed, except that occasional scheduling adjustments with respect to secondary employments shall not prevent receipt of family leave benefits.
4. Unless otherwise expressly permitted by the employer, benefits available under 29 U.S. Code Chapter 28 (The Family and Medical Leave Act) must be used concurrently with family leave benefits. For a subsequent unrelated disability, an employee may seek benefits up to the maximum number of available weeks permitted in this article.
5. A covered employer is not required to permit more than one employee to use the same period of family leave to care for the same family member.
Last modified: February 3, 2019