Assembly Bill A1189

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Allows a claimant who voluntarily separates from employment during the COVID-19 emergency to receive unemployment benefits

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Current 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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2023-A1189 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Labor
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §593, Lab L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A10507
2021-2022: A2336

2023-A1189 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Allows a claimant who voluntarily separates from employment during the COVID-19 emergency to receive unemployment benefits.

2023-A1189 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1189
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 13, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. JACOBSON, SIMON, SEAWRIGHT, GALLAGHER, JACKSON,
   MEEKS -- read once and referred to the Committee on Labor
 
 AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to allowing  a  claimant  who
   voluntarily separates from employment during the COVID-19 emergency to
   receive unemployment benefits

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 593 of the labor law is amended  by  adding  a  new
 subdivision 1-a to read as follows:
   1-A.  VOLUNTARY  SEPARATION  DURING THE COVID-19 DECLARED EMERGENCY. A
 CLAIMANT SHALL NOT BE DISQUALIFIED FROM RECEIVING BENEFITS FOR VOLUNTARY
 SEPARATION FROM EMPLOYMENT DURING THE PERIOD OF DECLARED EMERGENCY UNDER
 EXECUTIVE ORDER 202 OF 2020, WHERE SUCH CLAIMANT HAS LEFT EMPLOYMENT DUE
 TO THE FEAR OF EXPOSURE TO COVID-19 WHILE EMPLOYED AT SUCH EMPLOYMENT.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03672-01-3

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