AGREEMENT Between SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION (SEIU), Local 32BJ and NEW YORK UNIVERSITY
July 1, 2005 - June 30, 2008

Section 13. COMPENSATION INSURANCE

The Employer shall carry compensation insurance for each and every window cleaner employed and no employees covered by this contract shall work for an Employer who has not provided compensation insurance. The Employer shall, on demand, furnish to the union, proof that compensation insurance coverage is carried for all employees. The listing, on a compensation report, or on the employees' payroll records, or in any other report used by the Employer, as a window cleaner, of a person who should be a member of the Union under this agreement, shall be deemed prima facie evidence of a non-union window cleaner.

In the event that the Employer fails to carry compensation insurance, the Employer shall be liable for any loss of wages occasioned to employees covered hereunder for the first two weeks employees are prevented from working by reason thereof.

If the Employer fails to carry compensation coverage as required herein, shall be liable for the full loss of wages sustained by said employee as a result of an accident compensable under the Compensation Laws in addition to any other liability imposed upon it by the laws of New York State.

If the employee informs the Employer he is requesting workers' compensation benefits then no sick leave shall be paid to such employee unless he specifically requests, in writing, payment of such leave. If any employee informs the employer he is requesting disability benefits, then only five days sick leave shall be paid to such employee (if he has that amount unused) unless he specifically requests, in writing, payments of additional sick leave.

Any employee required to attend his Worker's Compensation hearing shall be paid for his regularly scheduled hours during such attendance. Maximum of one day per accident.

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