Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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May 04, 2020 |
referred to labor |
Assembly Bill A10392
2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
CARROLL
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly 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
co-Sponsors
Jo Anne Simon
2019-A10392 (ACTIVE) - Details
2019-A10392 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 10392 I N A S S E M B L Y May 4, 2020 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. CARROLL -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Labor AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to the participation in the shared work program under the unemployment insurance law THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The labor law is amended by adding a new section 605-a to read as follows: § 605-A. RETROACTIVE ELIGIBILITY FOR CERTAIN EMPLOYERS DURING THE COVID-19 DECLARED EMERGENCY. 1. ANY EMPLOYER WHO HAS OTHERWISE MET THE REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH IN SECTION SIX HUNDRED FIVE OF THIS TITLE AND WHO HAS REDUCED HOURS TO EMPLOYEES ON OR AFTER THE ISSUANCE OF EXECUTIVE ORDER 202 ON MARCH SEVENTH, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY, WILL BE AUTOMATICALLY AND RETROACTIVELY DEEMED AN ELIGIBLE SHARED WORK EMPLOYER UNDER THIS TITLE AND ANY EMPLOYEE WHOSE WORK HOURS HAVE BEEN REDUCED AS A RESULT OF THE COVID-19 DECLARED EMERGENCY SHALL BE ELIGIBLE FOR PARTIAL UNEMPLOY- MENT ACCORDING TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE THIS TITLE. 2. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL NOTIFY ELIGIBLE EMPLOYERS BY MAIL OF THEIR RETROACTIVE ELIGIBILITY AND AUTOMATIC ENROLLMENT INTO THE SHARED WORK PROGRAM DUE TO THE COVID-19 DECLARED STATE OF EMERGENCY, ALONG WITH A DESCRIPTION OF THE SHARED WORK PROGRAM AND THE ELIGIBILITY OF THEIR CURRENT OR FORMER EMPLOYEES FOR PARTIAL BENEFITS, AS WELL AS THE APPLI- CATION AND GUIDANCE ON HOW ELIGIBLE EMPLOYERS CAN COMPLETE AND SUBMIT AN APPLICATION TO ENROLL IN THE PROGRAM. ANY EMPLOYER ENROLLED IN THE SHARED WORK PROGRAM UNDER THIS PROVISION SHALL CONTINUE TO BE ENROLLED UNTIL THE COVID-19 DECLARED STATE OF EMERGENCY CONCLUDES AND SUCH EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES SHALL BE EXEMPT FROM THE REQUIREMENT TO COMPLETE A WEEKLY CONTINUATION CLAIM FORM. § 2. Section 604 of the labor law, as amended by section 21-a of part O of chapter 57 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows: § 604. Eligibility conditions. A claimant shall be eligible for bene- fits under this title if he or she works less than his or her normal hours in a week for his customary employer, and that employer has reduced or restricted the claimant's weekly hours of work, or has EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
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