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Assembly Bill A6989

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to compelling family reasons and the continuance of unemployment benefits

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2017-A6989 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1410
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §593, Lab L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A8919
2015-2016: A7004, S6732
2019-2020: A1072, S6120
2021-2022: A6080, S2623

2017-A6989 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the continuance of unemployment benefits for an individual who provides child care where reasonable efforts to secure alternative child care have been made.

2017-A6989 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6989
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 28, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. JAFFEE -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Labor
 
 AN  ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to compelling family reasons
   and the continuance of unemployment benefits
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section 593 of the labor
 law is amended by adding a new subparagraph (iv) to read as follows:
   (IV) THE NEED FOR THE INDIVIDUAL TO PROVIDE CHILD CARE TO THE INDIVID-
 UAL'S CHILD IF SUCH INDIVIDUAL HAS MADE  REASONABLE  EFFORTS  TO  SECURE
 ALTERNATIVE CHILD CARE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01186-01-7

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