Senate Bill S8423

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Expands eligibility for unemployment benefits; repealer

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2009-S8423 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A11607
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Rpld §575-a sub 4, amd Lab L, generally
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
A6138

2009-S8423 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Expands eligibility for unemployment benefits.

2009-S8423 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S8423 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  8423

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              June 30, 2010
                               ___________

Introduced by Sen. ONORATO -- (at request of the Governor) -- read twice
  and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee
  on Rules

AN  ACT  to  amend  the labor law, in relation to unemployment insurance
  benefits, contributions,  and  partial  unemployment;  and  to  repeal
  subdivision  4  of  section  575-a  of  such law relating to penalties
  relating to wage information

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 518 of the labor
law, as amended by chapter 589 of the laws of 1998, is amended  to  read
as follows:
  (a)  "Wages"  means  all remuneration paid, except that such term does
not include remuneration paid to an employee by an employer after  eight
thousand  five  hundred  dollars have been paid to such employee by such
employer with respect to employment during  any  calendar  year,  EXCEPT
THAT  SUCH  TERM DOES NOT INCLUDE REMUNERATION PAID TO AN EMPLOYEE BY AN
EMPLOYER WITH RESPECT TO EMPLOYMENT DURING ANY CALENDAR  YEAR  BEGINNING
WITH  THE  FIRST  DAY OF JANUARY, TWO THOUSAND ELEVEN WHICH EXCEEDS NINE
THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS, NOR SHALL SUCH TERM INCLUDE  REMUNERATION
PAID TO AN EMPLOYEE BY AN EMPLOYER WITH RESPECT TO EMPLOYMENT DURING ANY
CALENDAR  YEAR  BEGINNING  WITH  THE  FIRST DAY OF JANUARY, TWO THOUSAND
TWELVE WHICH EXCEEDS TEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS, NOR  SHALL  SUCH
TERM  INCLUDE  REMUNERATION  PAID  TO  AN  EMPLOYEE  BY AN EMPLOYER WITH
RESPECT TO EMPLOYMENT DURING ANY CALENDAR YEAR BEGINNING WITH THE  FIRST
DAY OF JANUARY, TWO THOUSAND THIRTEEN WHICH EXCEEDS ELEVEN THOUSAND FIVE
HUNDRED  DOLLARS,  NOR  SHALL  SUCH TERM INCLUDE REMUNERATION PAID TO AN
EMPLOYEE BY AN EMPLOYER WITH RESPECT TO EMPLOYMENT DURING  ANY  CALENDAR
YEAR  BEGINNING  WITH  THE  FIRST  DAY OF JANUARY, TWO THOUSAND FOURTEEN
WHICH EXCEEDS TWELVE THOUSAND  DOLLARS,  NOR  SHALL  SUCH  TERM  INCLUDE
REMUNERATION  PAID TO AN EMPLOYEE BY AN EMPLOYER WITH RESPECT TO EMPLOY-
MENT DURING ANY CALENDAR YEAR BEGINNING WITH THE FIRST DAY  OF  JANUARY,
TWO THOUSAND FIFTEEN WHICH EXCEEDS TWELVE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS,
NOR  SHALL  SUCH  TERM  INCLUDE  REMUNERATION  PAID TO AN EMPLOYEE BY AN

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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