Bill Text: NY S04878 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: 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.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed) 2023-06-05 - SUBSTITUTED BY A398A [S04878 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S04878-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         4878--A
            Cal. No. 419

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    February 16, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  MAYER  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Labor -- reported  favora-
          bly  from  said committee, ordered to first and second report, ordered
          to a third reading, passed by Senate and delivered  to  the  Assembly,
          recalled,  vote  reconsidered,  restored to third reading, amended and
          ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading

        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:

     1    Section 1. Section 590 of the labor law is amended  by  adding  a  new
     2  subdivision 2 to read as follows:
     3    2.  Notice  of  eligibility  upon  separation  from  employment. Every
     4  employer liable under this article for contributions shall  inform  each
     5  employee of their right to file an application for unemployment benefits
     6  with the department. Such information shall be given at the time of each
     7  permanent  or indefinite separation from employment, reduction in hours,
     8  temporary separation, and any other interruption of continued employment
     9  that results in total or partial  unemployment.  Such  notice  shall  be
    10  given  in  writing on a form furnished or approved by the department and
    11  shall include:
    12    (a) the employer's name and registration number;
    13    (b) the address of the employer to which a  request  for  remuneration
    14  and  employment  information  with  respect  to  such  employee  must be
    15  directed; and
    16    (c) such other information as is required by the commissioner.
    17    § 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
    18  have become a law.


         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01131-03-3