Assembly Bill A5678

Signed By Governor
2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to benefits of shared work programs

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Archive: Last Bill Status Via S4049 - Signed by Governor

  • 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-A5678 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4049
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §607, Lab L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
A5678, S4049

2021-A5678 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that a claimant shall not be paid such benefits in excess of twenty-six times the amount of regular compensation (including dependents' allowances) payable to such individual for a week of total unemployment during a benefit year.

2021-A5678 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5678
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 23, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. JOYNER -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Labor
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the labor law, in relation to benefits of shared work
   programs
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Subdivision 1 of section 607 of the labor law, as amended
 by section 23 of part O of chapter 57 of the laws of 2013, is amended to
 read as follows:
   1. Amount. An eligible claimant shall be paid benefits  for  any  week
 equal  to  his  or  her  benefit  rate  multiplied  by the percentage of
 reduction of his or her wages resulting from reduced hours of work,  but
 only if such percentage is no less than twenty percent. The weekly bene-
 fit  amount shall be rounded off to the nearest dollar. A claimant shall
 not be paid such benefits in excess  of  twenty-six  [weeks]  TIMES  THE
 AMOUNT  OF REGULAR COMPENSATION (INCLUDING DEPENDENTS' ALLOWANCES) PAYA-
 BLE TO SUCH INDIVIDUAL FOR A WEEK OF TOTAL UNEMPLOYMENT during a benefit
 year.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09364-01-1

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