Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Feb 06, 2020 |
signed chap.755 |
Dec 30, 2019 |
delivered to governor |
Jun 20, 2019 |
returned to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading rules cal.645 substituted for a6592 |
Jun 20, 2019 |
substituted by s4573 rules report cal.645 reported |
Jun 19, 2019 |
reported referred to rules |
Jun 17, 2019 |
reported referred to ways and means |
Mar 12, 2019 |
referred to labor |
Assembly Bill A6592
Signed By Governor2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) 61st Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status Via S4573 - Signed by Governor
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
co-Sponsors
Carmen De La Rosa
Monica P. Wallace
William Colton
Robert C. Carroll
multi-Sponsors
Fred Thiele
2019-A6592 (ACTIVE) - Details
2019-A6592 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Relates to decreasing the length of the suspension period applicable to certain individuals who lose their jobs due to a labor dispute, such as a strike, and who seek to obtain unemployment insurance benefits; decreases the suspension period from seven consecutive weeks to seven consecutive calendar days; and permits the waiting period to be served during a suspension period.
2019-A6592 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6592 2019-2020 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y March 12, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. RYAN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Labor AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to decreasing the length of the suspension period applicable to certain striking workers who seek to obtain unemployment insurance benefits THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivisions 1 and 3 of section 592 of the labor law, subdivision 1 as amended by chapter 177 of the laws of 2010 and subdivi- sion 3 as amended by chapter 415 of the laws of 1983, are amended to read as follows: 1. Industrial controversy. (a) The accumulation of benefit rights by a claimant shall be suspended during a period of [seven consecutive weeks] ONE WEEK beginning with the day after such claimant lost his or her employment because of a strike or other industrial controversy except for lockouts, including concerted activity not authorized or sanctioned by the recognized or certified bargaining agent of the claimant, and other concerted activity conducted in violation of any existing collec- tive bargaining agreement, in the establishment in which he or she was employed, except that benefit rights may be accumulated before the expi- ration of such [seven weeks] ONE WEEK PERIOD beginning with the day after such strike or other industrial controversy was terminated. (b) Benefits shall not be suspended under this section if: (i) The employer hires a permanent replacement worker for the employ- ee's position. A replacement worker shall be presumed to be permanent unless the employer certifies in writing that the employee will be able to return to his or her prior position upon conclusion of the strike, in the event the strike terminates prior to the conclusion of the employ- ee's eligibility for benefit rights under this chapter. In the event the employer does not permit such return after such certification, the employee shall be entitled to recover any benefits lost as a result of EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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