Assembly Bill A1325

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to unemployment benefits for part-time workers; 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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2017-A1325 (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Rpld §523, amd Lab L, generally
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A6145
2015-2016: A78

2017-A1325 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to unemployment benefits for part-time workers.

2017-A1325 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1325
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 11, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  SIMANOWITZ -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
   HOOPER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Labor
 
 AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to unemployment benefits  for
   part-time  workers;  and to repeal certain provisions of the labor law
   relating thereto

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Section 522 of the labor law, as amended by chapter 720 of
 the laws of 1953, is amended to read as follows:
   § 522. Total unemployment AND PARTIAL UNEMPLOYMENT.  "Total  unemploy-
 ment"  means  the  total  lack of any employment [on any day] DURING ANY
 WEEK. "PARTIAL UNEMPLOYMENT" MEANS ANY EMPLOYMENT DURING ANY  WEEK  THAT
 IS  LESS  THAN  FULL-TIME EMPLOYMENT SO LONG AS THE COMPENSATION PAID IS
 LESS THAN THE CLAIMANT'S WEEKLY BENEFIT RATE.  The term "employment"  as
 used  in this section means any employment including that not defined in
 this title.
   § 2. Section 523 of the labor law is REPEALED and a new section 523 is
 added to read as follows:
   § 523. EFFECTIVE WEEK. "EFFECTIVE WEEK" MEANS (A) A WEEK DURING  WHICH
 A  CLAIMANT  PERFORMS NO SERVICES FOR WHICH THE CLAIMANT IS PAID COMPEN-
 SATION, OR (B) A WEEK DURING WHICH A CLAIMANT  PERFORMS  SERVICES  ON  A
 PART-TIME BASIS FOR WHICH THE CLAIMANT IS PAID COMPENSATION THAT IS LESS
 THAN THE CLAIMANT'S WEEKLY BENEFIT RATE.
   §  3.  Subdivision  4  of  section 527 of the labor law, as amended by
 chapter 832 of the laws of 1968 and as renumbered by chapter 381 of  the
 laws of 1984, is amended to read as follows:
   4.  General  condition.  A valid original claim may be filed only in a
 week [in which the claimant has at least one effective day of  unemploy-
 ment] THAT QUALIFIES AS AN EFFECTIVE WEEK OF UNEMPLOYMENT FOR THE CLAIM-
 ANT.

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03460-01-7
              

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