| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| Jan 26, 2011 |
referred to labor |
Senate Bill S2587
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Labor Committee
Actions
2011-S2587 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Labor
- Law Section:
- Labor Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd ยง527, Lab L
- Versions Introduced in 2009-2010 Legislative Session:
-
S221
2011-S2587 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S2587
TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to amend the labor law, in relation to eligibility of disabled
claimant for unemployment insurance
SUMMARY:
Amends Section 527 subdivision 3 of the New York State Labor Law to
extend the eligibility period for unemployment compensation for those
workers who were not working due to a disability.
The term of the extension would be equivalent to the number of weeks
during which the claimant received disability payments, provided that
it does not exceed two years.
JUSTIFICATION:
There have been several cases in which injured individuals who are
recipients of disability payments have been laid off during the
course of their disability. At the time of the layoff notice, the
workers have not been employed for the previous six months as
required under the New York State Labor Law (Sections 527.1 and
527.2) in order to receive unemployment benefits.
This situation leaves the worker without benefits of any type during
the time of seeking new employment. This legislation would rectify
2011-S2587 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
2587
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
January 26, 2011
___________
Introduced by Sen. KRUGER -- 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 eligibility of disabled
claimant for unemployment insurance
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 527 of the labor law, as amended
by chapter 589 of the laws of 1998, is amended to read as follows:
3. Disability. In the case of a claimant who did not file a valid
original claim solely because the claimant was not paid sufficient
remuneration and who received workers' compensation payments or any
benefits paid pursuant to the volunteer firefighters' benefit law during
the base period specified in subdivision one of section five hundred
twenty of this article, said period shall be extended. The term of the
extension shall be equivalent to the number of calendar quarters during
which the claimant received such payments, but shall not exceed two
[calendar quarters] YEARS.
S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD07266-01-1
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