N.Y. Workers' Compensation Law Section 33
Assignments

  • exemptions

Compensation or benefits due under this chapter shall not be assigned, released or commuted except as provided by this chapter, and shall be exempt from all claims of creditors and from levy, execution and attachment or other remedy for recovery or collection of a debt, which exemption may not be waived provided, however, that compensation or benefits other than payments pursuant to § 13 (Treatment and care of injured employees)section thirteen of this chapter shall be subject to application to an income execution or order for support enforcement pursuant to section fifty-two hundred forty-one or fifty-two hundred forty-two of the civil practice law and rules. Compensation and benefits shall be paid only to employees or their dependents, except as hereinafter in this chapter provided. In the case of the death of an injured employee to whom there was due at the time of his or her death any compensation under the provisions of this chapter, the amount of such compensation shall be payable to the surviving spouse, if there be one, or, if none, to the surviving child or children of the deceased under the age of eighteen years, and if there be no surviving spouse or children, then to the dependents of such deceased employee or to any of them as the board may direct, and if there be no surviving spouse, children or dependents of such deceased employee, then to his estate. An award for disability may be made after the death of the injured employee.

Source: Section 33 — Assignments; exemptions, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/WKC/33 (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed Oct. 26, 2024).

9
Definitions
10
Liability for compensation
11
Alternative remedy
12
Compensation not allowed for first seven days
13
Treatment and care of injured employees
13‑A
Selection of authorized physician by employee
13‑AA
Medical appeals unit
13‑B
Authorization of providers, medical bureaus and laboratories by the chair
13‑C
Licensing of compensation medical bureaus and laboratories
13‑D
Removal of providers from lists of those authorized to render medical care or to conduct independent medical examinations
13‑E
Revocation of licenses of compensation medical bureaus and laboratories
13‑F
Payment of medical fees
13‑G
Payment of bills for medical care
13‑H
Ombudsman for injured workers
13‑I
Solicitation prohibited
13‑J
Medical or surgical treatment by insurance carriers and employers
13‑K
Care and treatment of injured employees by duly licensed podiatrists
13‑L
Care and treatment of injured employees by duly licensed chiropractors
13‑M
Care and treatment of injured employees by duly licensed psychologists
13‑N
Mandatory registration of entities which derive income from independent medical examinations
13‑O
Pharmaceutical fee schedule
13‑P
Comprehensive prescription drug formulary
14
Weekly wages basis of compensation
14‑A
Double compensation and death benefits when minors illegally employed
15
Schedule in case of disability
15‑A
Assessment on insolvent group self-insured trusts
16
Death benefits
16‑A
Death benefits due to diesel exposure
17
Noncitizens
17‑A
Limited English proficiency
18
Notice of injury or death
18‑A
Notice: The New York Jockey Injury Compensation Fund, Inc
18‑B
Notice
18‑C
Independent livery bases
19
Physical examination
19‑A
Physicians not to accept fees from carriers
19‑B
Treatment by physicians in employ of board
19‑C
Actions against health services personnel
20
Determination of claims for compensation
21
Presumptions
21‑A
Temporary payment of compensation
22
Modification of awards, decisions or orders
23
Appeals
23‑A
Mistakes, defects and irregularities
24
Costs and fees
24‑A
Representation before the workers’ compensation board
25
Compensation, how payable
25‑A
Procedure and payment of compensation in certain claims
25‑B
Awards to non-residents: Non-resident compensation fund
26
Enforcement of payment in default
26‑A
Procedure and payment of compensation in claims against uninsured defaulting employers
27
Depositing future payments in the aggregate trust fund
27‑A
Investments in obligations of designated public benefit corporations
27‑B
Amortization of gains or losses
27‑C
Appropriations to the aggregate trust fund
28
Limitation of right to compensation
29
Remedies of employees
30
Revenues or benefits from other sources not to affect compensation
31
Agreement for contribution by employee void
32
Waiver agreements
32‑A
Waivers of specific coverage prohibited
33
Assignments
34
Preferences
35
Safety net

Accessed:
Oct. 26, 2024

Last modified:
Sep. 22, 2014

§ 33’s source at nysenate​.gov

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