| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| May 15, 2024 |
referred to labor |
Senate Bill S9460
2023-2024 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) 13th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Labor Committee
Actions
2023-S9460 (ACTIVE) - Details
2023-S9460 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Relates to decreasing the length of the suspension period applicable to certain individuals who lose their jobs due to a labor dispute, such as a strike, and who seek to obtain unemployment insurance benefits; decreases the suspension period from two consecutive weeks to one week; provides that the waiting period and suspension period shall be served concurrently.
2023-S9460 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S9460
SPONSOR: RAMOS
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the labor law, in relation to decreasing the length of
the suspension period applicable to certain striking workers who seek to
obtain unemployment insurance benefits
PURPOSE:
This legislation requires a transportation network company (TNC), some-
times known as a mobility service provider (MSP), to implement and main-
tain a policy and oversight process of providing accessibility to
passengers or potential passengers with a disability, including any
accommodations required by the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1. Paragraph (d) of subdivision 3 of section 1696 of the vehi-
cle and traffic law, as added by section 2 of part AAA of chapter 59 of
the laws of 2017, (d) A transportation network company (TNC) shall
2023-S9460 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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9460
I N S E N A T E
May 15, 2024
___________
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 decreasing the length of
the suspension period applicable to certain striking workers who seek
to obtain unemployment insurance benefits
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivisions 1 and 3 of section 592 of the labor law, as
amended by chapter 20 of the laws of 2020, are amended to read as
follows:
1. Industrial controversy. (a) The accumulation of benefit rights by a
claimant shall be suspended during a period of [two consecutive weeks]
ONE WEEK beginning with the day after such claimant lost [his or her]
THEIR employment because of a strike or other industrial controversy
except for lockouts, including concerted activity not authorized or
sanctioned by the recognized or certified bargaining agent of the claim-
ant, and other concerted activity conducted in violation of any existing
collective bargaining agreement, in the establishment in which [he or
she] SUCH CLAIMANT was employed, except that benefit rights may be accu-
mulated before the expiration of such [two] ONE week period beginning
with the day after such strike or other industrial controversy was
terminated.
(b) Benefits shall not be suspended under this section if:
(i) The employer hires a permanent replacement worker for the employ-
ee's position. A replacement worker shall be presumed to be permanent
unless the employer certifies in writing that the employee will be able
to return to [his or her] SUCH EMPLOYEE'S prior position upon conclusion
of the strike, in the event the strike terminates prior to the conclu-
sion of the employee's eligibility for benefit rights under this chap-
ter. In the event the employer does not permit such return after such
certification, the employee shall be entitled to recover any benefits
lost as a result of the [two] ONE week suspension of benefits, and the
department may impose a penalty upon the employer of up to seven hundred
fifty dollars per employee per week of benefits lost. The penalty
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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