Senate Bill S2616

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Excludes claims for unemployment insurance arising as a result of an employer closing his or her business because of novel coronavirus COVID-19, from an employer's experience rating charges

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Labor Committee


  • 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-S2616 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A4749
Current Committee:
Senate Labor
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §581, Lab L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S8249, A10817
2023-2024: S3482, A3677

2021-S2616 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Excludes claims for unemployment insurance arising as a result of an employer closing his or her business because of novel coronavirus COVID-19, from an employer's experience rating charges.

2021-S2616 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S2616 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2616
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 22, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. HELMING -- 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 excluding claims for unem-
   ployment insurance arising as a result of an employer closing  his  or
   her business because of novel coronavirus COVID-19, from an employer's
   experience rating charges
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph (e) of subdivision 1 of section 581 of the  labor
 law is amended by adding a new subparagraph 7 to read as follows:
   (7)  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  OTHER  PROVISION OF LAW, ANY EMPLOYER WHOSE
 EMPLOYEES RECEIVE PAYMENTS UNDER THIS ARTICLE AND WHOSE CLAIMS FOR UNEM-
 PLOYMENT INSURANCE ARISE AS A RESULT OF THE CLOSURE OF AN  EMPLOYER  FOR
 ANY  REASON  RELATED TO NOVEL CORONAVIRUS, COVID-19, OR AS A RESULT OF A
 MANDATORY ORDER OF A GOVERNMENT ENTITY TO CLOSE SUCH EMPLOYER, SHALL NOT
 HAVE INCLUDED IN THEIR EXPERIENCE RATING CHARGES THE AMOUNTS SO PAID  ON
 ACCOUNT.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04716-01-1



              

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