§ 598. Effect of payments for failure to provide notice of a facility
closure. Payments to an employee under article twenty-five-a of this
chapter by an employer who has failed to provide the advance notice of a
facility closure required by such article or the federal Worker
Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (29 U.S.C. Sec. 1201 et seq.)
or amendments thereto, shall not be construed as remuneration under this
article. Unemployment insurance benefits may not be denied or reduced
because of the receipt of payments related to an employer's violation of
article twenty-five-a of this chapter or the federal Worker Adjustment
and Retraining Notification Act.