Senate Bill S1117A

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to increasing the maximum benefit rate for unemployment insurance

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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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2015-S1117 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9231
Current Committee:
Senate Labor
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§518 & 590, Lab L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S2245
2011-2012: S673
2013-2014: S36
2017-2018: S431, A1100
2019-2020: A2158
2021-2022: A7150
2023-2024: A7911

2015-S1117 - Summary

Relates to increasing the maximum benefit rate for unemployment insurance.

2015-S1117 - Sponsor Memo

2015-S1117 - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  1117

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             January 8, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. PERALTA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Labor

AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to the unemployment insurance
  law, increasing the maximum benefit rate for unemployment insurance

  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 section 1 of part O of chapter  57  of  the  laws  of
2013, 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
                                        that exceeds
             January 2014                  $10,300
             January 2015                  $10,500
             January 2016                  [$10,700] $12,500
             January 2017                  [$10,900
             January 2018                  $11,100
             January 2019                  $11,400
             January 2020                  $11,600
             January 2021                  $11,800
             January 2022                  $12,000
             January 2023                  $12,300
             January 2024                  $12,500
             January 2025                  $12,800
             January 2026                  $13,000

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD00158-01-5

              

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2015-S1117A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9231
Current Committee:
Senate Labor
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§518 & 590, Lab L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S2245
2011-2012: S673
2013-2014: S36
2017-2018: S431, A1100
2019-2020: A2158
2021-2022: A7150
2023-2024: A7911

2015-S1117A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to increasing the maximum benefit rate for unemployment insurance.

2015-S1117A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S1117A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                 1117--A

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             January 8, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by Sens. PERALTA, AVELLA, SQUADRON -- read twice and ordered
  printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Labor --
  recommitted to the Committee on Labor in accordance with  Senate  Rule
  6,  sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
  amended and recommitted to said committee

AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to the unemployment insurance
  law, increasing the maximum benefit rate for unemployment insurance

  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 section 1 of part O of chapter  57  of  the  laws  of
2013, 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
                                        that exceeds
             January 2014                  $10,300
             January 2015                  $10,500
             January 2016                  $10,700
             January 2017                  [$10,900] $12,500
             January 2018                  [11,100
             January 2019                  $11,400
             January 2020                  $11,600
             January 2021                  $11,800
             January 2022                  $12,000
             January 2023                  $12,300
             January 2024                  $12,500

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD00158-02-6
              

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