2006 New York Code - Workers\' compensation.

 
    §  18.  Nothing  contained  in this constitution shall be construed to
  limit the power of the legislature to enact laws for the  protection  of
  the lives, health, or safety of employees; or for the payment, either by
  employers,  or  by employers and employees or otherwise, either directly
  or through a state  or  other  system  of  insurance  or  otherwise,  of
  compensation  for  injuries  to  employees  or  for  death  of employees
  resulting from such injuries without regard to fault as a cause thereof,
  except where the injury is occasioned by the willful  intention  of  the
  injured  employee  to  bring  about  the  injury  or death of himself or
  herself or of another, or where  the  injury  results  solely  from  the
  intoxication  of  the  injured  employee  while  on  duty;  or  for  the
  adjustment, determination and settlement, with or without trial by jury,
  of issues which may arise under such legislation; or to provide that the
  right of such compensation, and the remedy therefor shall  be  exclusive
  of  all other rights and remedies for injuries to employees or for death
  resulting from such injuries; or to provide  that  the  amount  of  such
  compensation  for  death  shall  not exceed a fixed or determinable sum;
  provided that all moneys paid by an employer to his or her employees  or
  their  legal  representatives,  by reason of the enactment of any of the
  laws herein authorized, shall be held to be a proper charge in the  cost
  of operating the business of the employer.