Assembly Bill A2146

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Provides that compensation earned for training and serving as a poll worker during the 2020 general election shall not be the sole basis for any reduction in current or future unemployment benefits payable

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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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2021-A2146 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Labor
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §591, Lab L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
A11064

2021-A2146 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that compensation earned for training and serving as a poll worker during the 2020 general election shall not be the sole basis for any reduction in current or future unemployment benefits payable.

2021-A2146 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2146
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 14, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. SIMON -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Labor
 
 AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation  to  providing  that  compen-
   sation  earned  for  training  and serving as a poll worker during the
   2020 general election shall not be the sole basis for any reduction in
   current or future unemployment benefits payable

   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 1-a to read as follows:
   1-A.  NOTWITHSTANDING  THE  PROVISIONS  OF  SUBDIVISION  ONE  OF  THIS
 SECTION,  A  CLAIMANT  WHO  IS  QUALIFIED  FOR BENEFITS AND CERTIFIED IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE SHALL NOT BE DENIED  FULL
 BENEFITS  PAYABLE  PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE SOLELY BECAUSE SUCH CLAIMANT
 WAS COMPENSATED FOR SERVICE OR TRAINING AS A POLL  WORKER  FOR  THE  TWO
 THOUSAND TWENTY GENERAL ELECTION DURING THE PERIOD OF DECLARED EMERGENCY
 UNDER  EXECUTIVE  ORDER  202  OF  2020  AND  ANY EXTENSION THEREOF. SUCH
 COMPENSATION SHALL NOT BE THE BASIS FOR ANY REDUCTION IN BENEFITS CALCU-
 LATED FOR ANY WEEK THAT THE CLAIMANT WORKED OR TRAINED AS A POLL  WORKER
 AND  SHALL  NOT  BE  THE  BASIS  FOR ANY REDUCTION IN THE CALCULATION OF
 FUTURE BENEFITS DURING THE PENDENCY  OF  THE  DECLARED  EMERGENCY  UNDER
 EXECUTIVE  ORDER  202 OF 2020 AND ANY EXTENSION THEREOF, INCLUDING ADDI-
 TIONAL  FEDERALLY-MANDATED  PANDEMIC  UNEMPLOYMENT  ASSISTANCE  BENEFITS
 RELATED TO THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC (COVID-19).
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01200-01-1

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