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Assembly Bill A1441

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to notice of eligibility for unemployment benefits

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2021-A1441 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Labor
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §590, Lab L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
A10358

2021-A1441 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires employers to provide a written notice of the right to file for unemployment benefits to any employee who has not been scheduled or offered work hours in the past seven days or offered work for the next seven day period.

2021-A1441 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1441
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 11, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. CARROLL -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Labor
 
 AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to notice of eligibility  for
   unemployment benefits
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Section 590 of the labor law is amended  by  adding  a  new
 subdivision 2 to read as follows:
   2. NOTICE OF ELIGIBILITY IN RELATION TO THE COVID-19 STATE OF EMERGEN-
 CY.  EVERY  EMPLOYER LIABLE FOR CONTRIBUTIONS SHALL PROMPTLY INFORM EACH
 EMPLOYEE WHOSE WORK SCHEDULE AND/OR EMPLOYMENT STATUS HAS BEEN  IMPACTED
 AS  A RESULT OF THE STATE DISASTER EMERGENCY DECLARED PURSUANT TO EXECU-
 TIVE ORDER TWO HUNDRED TWO OF TWO THOUSAND TWENTY OF HIS OR HER RIGHT TO
 FILE FOR UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS. SUCH NOTICE SHALL BE PROMPTLY  GIVEN  IN
 WRITING AND INCLUDE:
   (A)  THE  EMPLOYER'S  NAME  AND  NEW  YORK STATE EMPLOYER REGISTRATION
 NUMBER;
   (B) THE EMPLOYER'S FEDERAL EMPLOYER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER;
   (C) THE ADDRESS OF THE EMPLOYER TO WHICH A  REQUEST  FOR  REMUNERATION
 AND  EMPLOYMENT  INFORMATION  WITH  RESPECT  TO  SUCH  EMPLOYEE  MUST BE
 DIRECTED; AND
   (D) SUCH OTHER INFORMATION AS IS REQUIRED BY THE COMMISSIONER.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03207-02-1

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