Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Feb 20, 2025 |
print number 4477a |
Feb 20, 2025 |
amend and recommit to labor |
Feb 05, 2025 |
referred to labor |
Senate Bill S4477A
2025-2026 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) 13th Senate District
Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Labor Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Bill Amendments
2025-S4477 - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A5726
- Current Committee:
- Senate Labor
- Law Section:
- Labor Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §§570, 572, 575, 575-a, 597 & 620, Lab L
- Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
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S8555, A9355
2025-S4477 - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S4477 SPONSOR: RAMOS TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the labor law, in relation to employers' obligations to report wages for the purposes of unemployment benefits, the payment of unemployment benefits, and employer penalties for non-compliance PURPOSE: The purpose of this bill is to ensure that all employers that have been ruled covered by New òYork's unemployment insurance laws report their employees' wages and contribute to the UI Trust Fund. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section One. Amends section 570 of the Labor Law to include those employers presumed liable. pursuant to the definition set out in Section two of the bill, who arc required to pay contributions to the New York Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund (UI Trust Fund).
2025-S4477 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4477 2025-2026 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E February 5, 2025 ___________ 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 employers' obligations to report wages for the purposes of unemployment benefits, the payment of unemployment benefits, and employer penalties for non-compliance THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 570 of the labor law, as amended by chapter 7 of the laws of 1985, is amended to read as follows: 1. Rate. Each employer liable under this article, INCLUDING THOSE EMPLOYERS LIABLE PURSUANT TO THE PRESUMPTION IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION FIVE HUNDRED SEVENTY-TWO OF THIS TITLE, shall pay contributions on all wages paid by [him] SUCH EMPLOYER at the rate of five and four- tenths per centum or, if applicable to the employer, at the rate provided by the provisions of sections five hundred seventy-seven and five hundred eighty-one OF THIS TITLE. However, if contributions so established exceed five and four-tenths per centum of wages paid by [him] SUCH EMPLOYER which are subject to the federal unemployment tax act, they shall be reduced by that part of such excess, if any, which is caused by the provisions of paragraph (b) of subdivision one of section five hundred eighteen OF THIS ARTICLE. § 2. Section 572 of the labor law, as amended by chapter 726 of the laws of 1953, is amended to read as follows: § 572. [Notice] PRESUMPTION of liability. 1. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, UPON THE INITIAL DETERMINATION OF A CLAIM FOR BENE- FITS, IF THE DEPARTMENT DETERMINES THAT ANY PERSON IS OR WAS AN EMPLOYEE WITHIN THE MEANING OF THIS ARTICLE, THERE SHALL BE A PRESUMPTION THAT SUCH DETERMINATION APPLIES TO ALL OTHERS PERFORMING SIMILAR SERVICES FOR THE EMPLOYER AND SUCH EMPLOYER HAS BECOME LIABLE FOR CONTRIBUTIONS FOR ALL SUCH EMPLOYEES UNDER SECTION FIVE HUNDRED SEVENTY OF THIS TITLE AND/OR SECTION SIX HUNDRED SEVENTY-FOUR OF THE TAX LAW. UPON FINAL ADJU- EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD08825-01-5
2025-S4477A (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A5726
- Current Committee:
- Senate Labor
- Law Section:
- Labor Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §§570, 572, 575, 575-a, 597 & 620, Lab L
- Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
-
S8555, A9355
2025-S4477A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S4477A SPONSOR: RAMOS TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the labor law, in relation to employers' obligations to report wages for the purposes of unemployment benefits, the payment of unemployment benefits, and employer penalties for non-compliance PURPOSE:: The purpose of this bill is to ensure that all employers that have been ruled covered by New York's unemployment insurance laws report their employees' wages and contribute to the UI Trust Fund. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:: Section One. Amends section 570 of the Labor Law to include those employers presumed liable, pursuant to the definition set out in Section two of the bill, who are required to pay contributions to the New York Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund (UI Trust Fund).
2025-S4477A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4477--A 2025-2026 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E February 5, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. RAMOS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Labor -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to employers' obligations to report wages for the purposes of unemployment benefits, the payment of unemployment benefits, and employer penalties for non-compliance THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 570 of the labor law, as amended by chapter 7 of the laws of 1985, is amended to read as follows: 1. Rate. Each employer liable under this article, INCLUDING THOSE EMPLOYERS LIABLE PURSUANT TO THE PRESUMPTION IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION FIVE HUNDRED SEVENTY-TWO OF THIS TITLE, shall pay contributions on all wages paid by [him] SUCH EMPLOYER at the rate of five and four- tenths per centum or, if applicable to the employer, at the rate provided by the provisions of sections five hundred seventy-seven and five hundred eighty-one OF THIS TITLE. However, if contributions so established exceed five and four-tenths per centum of wages paid by [him] SUCH EMPLOYER which are subject to the federal unemployment tax act, they shall be reduced by that part of such excess, if any, which is caused by the provisions of paragraph (b) of subdivision one of section five hundred eighteen OF THIS ARTICLE. § 2. Section 572 of the labor law, as amended by chapter 726 of the laws of 1953, is amended to read as follows: § 572. [Notice] PRESUMPTION of liability. 1. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, UPON THE INITIAL DETERMINATION OF A CLAIM FOR BENE- FITS, IF THE DEPARTMENT DETERMINES THAT ANY PERSON IS OR WAS AN EMPLOYEE WITHIN THE MEANING OF THIS ARTICLE, THERE SHALL BE A PRESUMPTION THAT SUCH DETERMINATION APPLIES TO ALL OTHERS PERFORMING SIMILAR SERVICES FOR THE EMPLOYER AND SUCH EMPLOYER HAS BECOME LIABLE FOR CONTRIBUTIONS FOR EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD08825-03-5
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