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Assembly Bill A8003

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Prohibits a claimant from qualifying for unemployment benefits after failing a drug test administered by his or her employer

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2013-A8003 (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง593, Lab L

2013-A8003 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits a claimant from qualifying for unemployment benefits after failing a drug test administered by his or her employer, regardless of whether such test was during the claimant's working hours.

2013-A8003 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  8003

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              June 14, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  GABRYSZAK  --  read once and referred to the
  Committee on Labor

AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation  to  prohibiting  a  claimant
  from  qualifying  for  unemployment benefits after failing a drug test
  administered by his or her employer

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

  Section  1.  Section  593  of the labor law is amended by adding a new
subdivision 3-a to read as follows:
  3-A. DRUG TEST FAILURE. NO DAYS OF TOTAL UNEMPLOYMENT SHALL BE  DEEMED
TO  OCCUR  AFTER  A CLAIMANT LOST EMPLOYMENT THROUGH FAILING A DRUG TEST
ADMINISTERED BY HIS OR HER EMPLOYER, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THE DRUG TEST
FAILURE WAS DURING THE CLAIMANT'S WORKING HOURS, UNTIL  HE  OR  SHE  HAS
SUBSEQUENTLY WORKED IN EMPLOYMENT AND EARNED REMUNERATION AT LEAST EQUAL
TO TEN TIMES HIS OR HER WEEKLY BENEFIT RATE.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.






 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD11467-01-3

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