| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| Apr 19, 2012 |
referred to labor |
Senate Bill S6992
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C) 60th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Labor Committee
Actions
2011-S6992 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Labor
- Law Section:
- Labor Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §590, Lab L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
-
2013-2014:
S107
2015-2016: S86
2011-S6992 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S6992
TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to amend the labor law, in relation to the duration of rights of
benefits
PURPOSE:
This bill would reduce the number of weeks that an individual in New
York can collect State unemployment benefits from 26 weeks to as few
as 16 weeks if unemployment falls below 5.5% in the claimants county
of residence with an additional week added for each 0.3% increase in
the county unemployment rate up to a maximum of 26 weeks.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
§ 1- Amends Subdivision 4 of section 590 of the labor law to change
the duration that benefits are limited to.
JUSTIFICATION:
When unemployment is extraordinarily high, it is sometimes necessary
for claimants be provided 6 months to have the opportunity to find
employment in a challenging job market. As the unemployment rate
decreases because the job market improves the amount of time needed
to find suitable employment should be reduced as well. This will
prevent claimants who become unemployed during a time of low
unemployment from delaying their job search until the final weeks of
2011-S6992 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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6992
I N S E N A T E
April 19, 2012
___________
Introduced by Sen. GALLIVAN -- 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 duration of rights of
benefits
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 590 of the labor law, as amended
by chapter 457 of the laws of 1987, is amended to read as follows:
4. Duration. Benefits shall [not be paid for more than one hundred and
four effective days in any benefit year, except as provided in section
six hundred one and subdivision two of section five hundred ninety-nine
of this chapter.] BE LIMITED TO:
(A) SIXTY-FOUR EFFECTIVE DAYS IN A BENEFIT YEAR IF THE AVERAGE UNEM-
PLOYMENT RATE OF THE CLAIMANT'S COUNTY OF RESIDENCE IS AT OR BELOW FIVE
AND FIVE-TENTHS OF A PER CENT AT THE TIME OF THE FILING OF A VALID
ORIGINAL CLAIM.
(B) AN ADDITIONAL FOUR EFFECTIVE DAYS IN ADDITION TO THE SIXTY-FOUR
EFFECTIVE DAYS IN A BENEFIT YEAR FOR EACH THREE-TENTHS OF A PER CENT
INCREMENT IN THE AVERAGE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE OF THE CLAIMANT'S COUNTY OF
RESIDENCE ABOVE FIVE AND FIVE-TENTHS OF A PER CENT AT THE TIME OF THE
FILING OF A VALID ORIGINAL CLAIM.
(C) UP TO A MAXIMUM OF ONE HUNDRED FOUR DAYS IN ANY BENEFIT YEAR,
EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SECTION SIX HUNDRED ONE OF THIS TITLE AND SUBDIVI-
SION TWO OF SECTION FIVE HUNDRED NINETY-NINE OF THIS TITLE.
(D) FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION THE TERM "AVERAGE UNEMPLOY-
MENT RATE OF THE CLAIMANT'S COUNTY OF RESIDENCE" MEANS:
(I) FOR CLAIMANTS RESIDING OUTSIDE THE CITY OF NEW YORK, THE AVERAGE
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE OF THE COUNTY IN WHICH THE CLAIMANT CLAIMS PRIMARY
RESIDENCE FOR THE MOST RECENT THREE MONTHS PRECEDING THE FILING OF A
VALID ORIGINAL CLAIM AS CALCULATED BY THE DEPARTMENT, DIVISION OF
RESEARCH AND STATISTICS.
(II) FOR CLAIMANTS RESIDING IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK, THE GREATER OF
SUBPARAGRAPH (I) OF THIS PARAGRAPH AND THE AVERAGE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE OF
THE CITY OF NEW YORK FOR THE MOST RECENT THREE MONTHS PRECEDING THE
FILING OF A VALID ORIGINAL CLAIM AS CALCULATED BY THE DEPARTMENT, DIVI-
SION OF RESEARCH AND STATISTICS.
S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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