Senate Bill S6785

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to notice of eligibility for unemployment benefits

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • 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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2021-S6785 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9238
Current Committee:
Assembly Labor
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§590 & 195, Lab L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
S4878, A398

2021-S6785 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to notice of eligibility for unemployment benefits; requires an employer to provide a written notice of the right to file for unemployment benefits to any employee whose employment has been terminated or whose scheduled working hours have been reduced.

2021-S6785 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S6785 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6785
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 17, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  MAYER  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee 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
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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