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                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 9, 2022
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 Introduced  by M. of A. BURDICK -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Labor
 
 AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to notice of eligibility  for
   unemployment benefits
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 590 of the labor law is amended  by  adding  a  new
 subdivision 2 to read as follows:
   2.  NOTICE  OF  ELIGIBILITY.  ANY  WRITTEN NOTICE PROVIDED PURSUANT TO
 SUBDIVISION SIX OF SECTION ONE HUNDRED NINETY-FIVE OF  THIS  CHAPTER  TO
 ANY  EMPLOYEE  WHOSE  EMPLOYMENT  HAS BEEN TERMINATED OR WHOSE SCHEDULED
 WORKING HOURS HAVE BEEN REDUCED SHALL INCLUDE WRITTEN NOTICE  THAT  SUCH
 EMPLOYEE MAY BE ELIGIBLE FOR BENEFITS UNDER THIS ARTICLE AND INFORMATION
 ABOUT  APPLYING  FOR SUCH BENEFITS.  THE WRITTEN NOTICE REQUIRED BY THIS
 SUBDIVISION WILL NOT BE REQUIRED IF SUCH EMPLOYEE IS ELIGIBLE FOR OR HAS
 SUBMITTED A REQUEST FOR LEAVE-OF-ABSENCE,  VACATION  LEAVE,  BEREAVEMENT
 LEAVE,  PARENTAL  LEAVE,  PERSONAL  LEAVE,  OR ANY OTHER FORM OF PAID OR
 UNPAID LEAVE ESTABLISHED BY THE EMPLOYER OR  DOCUMENTED  IN  WRITING  OR
 SUBMITTED ONLINE.
   §  2. Subdivision 6 of section 195 of the labor law, as added by chap-
 ter 524 of the laws of 1989, is amended to read as follows:
   6. notify any employee terminated from employment OR  WHOSE  SCHEDULED
 WORKING  HOURS  HAVE BEEN REDUCED, in writing, of the exact date of such
 termination OR REDUCTION IN SCHEDULED WORKING HOURS as well as the exact
 date of cancellation of employee benefits  connected  with  such  termi-
 nation  OR  REDUCTION.  SUCH NOTICE SHALL ALSO INCLUDE INFORMATION ABOUT
 UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS UNDER ARTICLE EIGHTEEN OF THIS CHAPTER  FOR  WHICH
 SUCH  EMPLOYEE  MAY  BE  ELIGIBLE  IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION TWO OF
 SECTION FIVE HUNDRED NINETY OF THIS CHAPTER. In no case shall notice  of
 such  termination  OR  REDUCTION be provided more than five working days
 after the date of such termination OR REDUCTION. Failure  to  notify  an
 employee  of  cancellation  of  accident or health insurance subjects an
 employer to an additional penalty pursuant to section two hundred seven-
 teen of this chapter.
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.
 
              

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11145-04-1