senate Bill S4049

Signed By Governor
2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to benefits of shared work programs

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  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor Calendar
    • Passed Senate
    • Passed Assembly
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed by Governor

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Actions

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Assembly Actions - Lowercase
Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Sep 06, 2021 signed chap.420
Sep 03, 2021 delivered to governor
May 25, 2021 returned to senate
passed assembly
May 05, 2021 ordered to third reading cal.259
substituted for a5678
Mar 01, 2021 referred to labor
delivered to assembly
passed senate
Feb 22, 2021 advanced to third reading
Feb 10, 2021 2nd report cal.
Feb 09, 2021 1st report cal.367
Feb 01, 2021 referred to labor

Votes

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Mar 1, 2021 - floor Vote

S4049
62
0
floor
62
Aye
0
Nay
0
Absent
1
Excused
0
Abstained
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Floor Vote: Mar 1, 2021

aye (62)
excused (1)

Feb 9, 2021 - Labor committee Vote

S4049
12
0
committee
12
Aye
0
Nay
1
Aye with Reservations
0
Absent
0
Excused
0
Abstained
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Labor Committee Vote: Feb 9, 2021

aye (12)
aye wr (1)

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S4049 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A5678
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §607, Lab L

S4049 (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.

S4049 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

S4049 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4049
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 1, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  RAMOS  -- 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 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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