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                                   4943
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 9, 2021
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 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  GOODELL,  J. M. GIGLIO,  DiPIETRO, BRABENEC,
   FRIEND, DeSTEFANO, NORRIS, RA  --  Multi-Sponsored  by  --  M.  of  A.
   BARCLAY,  BLANKENBUSH,  MORINELLO  --  read  once  and referred to the
   Committee 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.
   § 2. The labor law is amended by adding a new section 590-a to read as
 follows:
   § 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 EMPLOYMENT.  A CLAIMANT COLLECTING UNEMPLOYMENT
 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.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   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
 CLAIMANT  INACCURATELY  REPORT OR FAIL TO REPORT THE AMOUNT OF PART-TIME
 WAGES EARNED DURING ANY COMPENSABLE PERIOD.
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
 have  become a law. Effective immediately, the commissioner of labor may
 promulgate any rules or regulations necessary for the implementation  of
 this act prior to such effective date.