Bill Text: NY A00373 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Provides that non-profit organizations, certain governmental entities and certain Indian tribes which are liable for unemployment insurance payments in lieu of contributions shall only be liable for fifty percent of payments for benefits to claimants that were a result of the closure of such employer or a reduction in the workforce of the employer for reasons related to COVID-19.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 20-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - referred to labor [A00373 Detail]
Download: New_York-2021-A00373-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 373 2021-2022 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY (Prefiled) January 6, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ZEBROWSKI, CUSICK, LUPARDO -- read once and referred to the Committee on Labor AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to providing that non-profit organization, certain governmental entities and certain Indian tribes which are liable for unemployment insurance payments in lieu of contributions shall only be liable for fifty percent of payments for benefits to claimants that were a result of the closure of such employer or a reduction in the workforce of the employer for reasons related to COVID-19 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 563 of the labor law is amended by adding a new 2 subdivision 8 to read as follows: 3 8. Notwithstanding the provisions of this section to the contrary, a 4 non-profit organization which is liable for payments in lieu of contrib- 5 utions shall only be liable for fifty percent of payments for benefits 6 to claimants that were a result of the closure of such employer or a 7 reduction in the workforce of the employer for reasons related to novel 8 coronavirus, COVID-19, or due to a mandatory order of a government enti- 9 ty duly authorized to issue such order to close such employer, on or 10 after March twelfth, two thousand twenty. 11 § 2. Section 565 of the labor law is amended by adding a new subdivi- 12 sion 10 to read as follows: 13 10. COVID-19 closure or reduction. Notwithstanding the provisions of 14 this section to the contrary, a governmental entity which is liable for 15 payments in lieu of contributions shall only be liable for fifty percent 16 of payments for benefits to claimants that were a result of the closure 17 of such employer or a reduction in the workforce of the employer for 18 reasons related to novel coronavirus, COVID-19, or due to a mandatory EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD03992-01-1A. 373 2 1 order of a government entity duly authorized to issue such order to 2 close such employer, on or after March twelfth, two thousand twenty. 3 § 3. Section 566 of the labor law is amended by adding a new subdivi- 4 sion 12 to read as follows: 5 12. COVID-19 closure or reduction. Notwithstanding the provisions of 6 this section to the contrary, an Indian tribe which is liable for 7 payments in lieu of contributions shall only be liable for fifty percent 8 of payments for benefits to claimants that were a result of the closure 9 of such employer or a reduction in the workforce of the employer for 10 reasons related to novel coronavirus, COVID-19, or due to a mandatory 11 order of a government entity duly authorized to issue such order to 12 close such employer, on or after March twelfth, two thousand twenty. 13 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
