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Jan 05, 2022 |
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Jan 06, 2021 |
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Senate Bill S783
2021-2022 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) 26th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Labor 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
(D, WF) Senate District
(D) Senate District
(D) Senate District
(D) 16th Senate District
2021-S783 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A569
- Current Committee:
- Senate Labor
- Law Section:
- Labor Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add §605-a, amd §604, Lab L
- Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
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S8242, A10392
2021-S783 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S783 SPONSOR: GOUNARDES TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the labor law, in relation to the participation in the shared work program under the unemployment insurance law PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: This bill expands eligibility and participation in the shared work program during the COVID-19 SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: This bill amends article 18, section 605 of labor law. Section 1 of the bill creates a provision whereby any employer who meets the existing requirements for acceptance into the shared work program will be retroactively granted admittance so that any employee of that employer who has reduced work hours, but is not laid off or terminated,
2021-S783 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 783 2021-2022 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E (PREFILED) January 6, 2021 ___________ Introduced by Sens. GOUNARDES, BIAGGI, BROOKS, GAUGHRAN, LIU, RIVERA -- 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 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. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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