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Senate Bill S8167

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to eligibility for unemployment benefits for certain persons under quarantine for coronavirus (COVID-19)

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Labor Committee

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2019-S8167 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Labor
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §591, Lab L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: S3724
2023-2024: S1582

2019-S8167 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides eligibility for unemployment benefits for certain persons under quarantine for coronavirus (COVID-19).

2019-S8167 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S8167 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8167
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 13, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  ORTT  --  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 eligibility for  unemploy-
   ment  benefits  for  certain  persons under quarantine for coronavirus
   (COVID-19); and providing for the repeal of such provisions  upon  the
   expiration thereof

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 591 of the labor law is amended  by  adding  a  new
 subdivision 2-a to read as follows:
   2-A.  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  OTHER PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION, BENEFITS
 SHALL BE PAID TO ANY EMPLOYEE WHO IS UNDER MANDATORY OR VOLUNTARY  QUAR-
 ANTINE AS A RESULT OF THE CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19). CLAIMANTS SHALL NOT BE
 REQUIRED  TO  PARTICIPATE  IN REEMPLOYMENT SERVICES OR USE VACATION TIME
 WHILE UNDER QUARANTINE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall  expire  and  be
 deemed repealed two years after such date.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD15849-02-0

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