Senate Bill S2587

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Makes special provisions for disabled claimant for unemployment insurance

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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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2011-S2587 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Labor
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง527, Lab L
Versions Introduced in 2009-2010 Legislative Session:
S221

2011-S2587 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Extends the eligibility period for unemployment compensation for workers who were not working due to a disability for a period not to exceed two years.

2011-S2587 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2011-S2587 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  2587

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 26, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  KRUGER -- 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  eligibility  of  disabled
  claimant for unemployment insurance

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 527 of the labor law,  as  amended
by chapter 589 of the laws of 1998, is amended to read as follows:
  3.  Disability.    In  the case of a claimant who did not file a valid
original   claim solely because the claimant  was  not  paid  sufficient
remuneration  and  who  received  workers'  compensation payments or any
benefits paid pursuant to the volunteer firefighters' benefit law during
the base period specified in subdivision one  of  section  five  hundred
twenty  of this article, said period shall be extended.  The term of the
extension shall be equivalent to the number of calendar quarters  during
which  the  claimant  received  such  payments, but shall not exceed two
[calendar quarters] YEARS.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD07266-01-1

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