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                                  10471

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 29, 2012
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Introduced  by M. of A. GOODELL -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Labor

AN ACT to amend  the  labor  law,  in  relation  to  allowing  claimants
  collecting  unemployment to obtain part-time work without losing their
  unemployment benefits

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

  Section  1.  Subdivision 1 of section 590 of the labor law, as amended
by chapter 645 of the laws of 1951, is amended to read as follows:
  1. Entitlement to benefits. A claimant shall be entitled to accumulate
effective days for the purpose of benefit rights only if he has complied
with the provisions of this article regarding the filing of  his  claim,
including  the  filing  of a valid original claim, registered as totally
unemployed OR PARTIALLY EMPLOYED PURSUANT TO SECTION FIVE HUNDRED  NINE-
TY-A OF THIS TITLE, reported his subsequent employment and unemployment,
and  reported  for  work or otherwise given notice of the continuance of
his unemployment.
  S 2. The labor law is amended by adding a new section 590-a to read as
follows:
  S 590-A. REDUCTIONS IN UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS DUE TO PART-TIME WORK. 1.
ENTITLEMENT TO BENEFITS. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF  LAW  TO
THE  CONTRARY  ANY CLAIMANT WHO ACCEPTS PART-TIME WORK SHALL BE ELIGIBLE
TO COLLECT PARTIAL UNEMPLOYMENT PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION  PROVIDED  SUCH
CLAIMANT MEETS THE CRITERIA OUTLINED IN THIS SECTION.
  2.  REPORTING PART-TIME UNEMPLOYMENT.  A CLAIMANT COLLECTING UNEMPLOY-
MENT WHO IS PAID FOR PART-TIME EMPLOYMENT WHILE COLLECTING  UNEMPLOYMENT
SHALL BE REQUIRED TO REPORT DURING EACH COMPENSABLE PERIOD THE AMOUNT OF
MONEY EARNED FROM SUCH PART-TIME WORK.
  3. BENEFIT RATE. A CLAIMANT'S UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT SHALL BE REDUCED BY
FIFTY  PERCENT OF THE PART-TIME INCOME DURING A COMPENSABLE PERIOD, IN A
MANNER DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSIONER.
  4. PENALTIES FOR FALSE OR  INACCURATE  REPORTING.  THE  PROVISIONS  OF
SECTION  FIVE  HUNDRED  NINETY-FOUR OF THIS TITLE SHALL CONTROL SHOULD A

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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CLAIMANT INACCURATELY REPORT OR FAIL TO REPORT THE AMOUNT  OF  PART-TIME
WAGES EARNED DURING ANY COMPENSABLE PERIOD.
  S  3.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
have become a law provided, however that the commissioner of  labor  may
promulgate  any rules or regulations necessary for the implementation of
this act prior to such effective date.