Bill Text: NY A04943 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to allowing claimants collecting unemployment to obtain part-time work without losing their unemployment benefits.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 11-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-05-11 - held for consideration in labor [A04943 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A04943-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          4943

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    February 9, 2021
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  GOODELL,  J. M. GIGLIO,  DiPIETRO, BRABENEC,
          FRIEND, DeSTEFANO, NORRIS, RA  --  Multi-Sponsored  by  --  M.  of  A.
          BARCLAY,  BLANKENBUSH,  MORINELLO  --  read  once  and referred to the
          Committee on Labor

        AN ACT to amend  the  labor  law,  in  relation  to  allowing  claimants
          collecting  unemployment to obtain part-time work without losing their
          unemployment benefits

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  Subdivision 1 of section 590 of the labor law, as amended
     2  by chapter 645 of the laws of 1951, is amended to read as follows:
     3    1. Entitlement to benefits. A claimant shall be entitled to accumulate
     4  effective days for the purpose of benefit rights only if he has complied
     5  with the provisions of this article regarding the filing of  his  claim,
     6  including  the  filing  of a valid original claim, registered as totally
     7  unemployed or partially employed pursuant to section five hundred  nine-
     8  ty-a of this title, reported his subsequent employment and unemployment,
     9  and  reported  for  work or otherwise given notice of the continuance of
    10  his unemployment.
    11    § 2. The labor law is amended by adding a new section 590-a to read as
    12  follows:
    13    § 590-a. Reductions in unemployment benefits due to part-time work. 1.
    14  Entitlement to benefits. Notwithstanding any other provision of  law  to
    15  the  contrary  any claimant who accepts part-time work shall be eligible
    16  to collect partial unemployment pursuant to this section  provided  such
    17  claimant meets the criteria outlined in this section.
    18    2. Reporting part-time employment.  A claimant collecting unemployment
    19  who is paid for part-time employment while collecting unemployment shall
    20  be required to report during each compensable period the amount of money
    21  earned from such part-time work.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD08956-01-1
        A. 4943                             2

     1    3. Benefit rate. A claimant's unemployment benefit shall be reduced by
     2  fifty  percent of the part-time income during a compensable period, in a
     3  manner determined by the commissioner.
     4    4.  Penalties  for  false  or  inaccurate reporting. The provisions of
     5  section five hundred ninety-four of this title shall  control  should  a
     6  claimant  inaccurately  report or fail to report the amount of part-time
     7  wages earned during any compensable period.
     8    § 3. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
     9  have  become a law. Effective immediately, the commissioner of labor may
    10  promulgate any rules or regulations necessary for the implementation  of
    11  this act prior to such effective date.