Assembly Bill A4480

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Exempts agricultural employers from paying for unemployment benefits for federally ineligible farm labor

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  • 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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2017-A4480 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S139
Current Committee:
Assembly Labor
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §564, Lab L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: S7289
2015-2016: A6256, S1853
2019-2020: A5564, S2525
2021-2022: A4785, S5341

2017-A4480 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Exempts agricultural employers from paying for unemployment coverage for alien farm laborers, who are federally ineligible from receiving such benefits.

2017-A4480 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4480
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 2, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. MAGEE, HAWLEY, SKOUFIS, CROUCH, FAHY, DiPIETRO --
   Multi-Sponsored  by  --  M.  of A. FRIEND, McLAUGHLIN -- read once and
   referred to the Committee on Labor
 
 AN ACT to amend the labor law, in  relation  to  exempting  agricultural
   employers from paying for unemployment benefits for federally ineligi-
   ble farm labor

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 564 of the labor law is renumbered
 subdivision 3 and a new subdivision 2 is added to read as follows:
   2. EXCLUSION FROM COVERAGE. THE TERM "EMPLOYMENT"  SHALL  NOT  INCLUDE
 SERVICES  RENDERED  BY  AN  INDIVIDUAL  WHO  IS AN ALIEN ADMITTED TO THE
 UNITED STATES TO PERFORM AGRICULTURAL LABOR PURSUANT TO SECTIONS  214(C)
 AND  101(A)(15)(H) OF THE FEDERAL IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY ACT IF, AT
 THE TIME SUCH SERVICES ARE RENDERED, THEY ARE EXCLUDED  FROM  THE  DEFI-
 NITION  OF EMPLOYMENT IN SECTION 3306(C) OF THE FEDERAL UNEMPLOYMENT TAX
 ACT.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00338-01-7

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