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S04573 Summary:
BILL NO | S04573 |
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SAME AS | SAME AS A06592 |
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SPONSOR | KENNEDY |
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COSPNSR | ADDABBO, COMRIE, GOUNARDES, JACKSON, KRUEGER, SALAZAR, THOMAS |
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MLTSPNSR | |
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Amd §592, Lab L | |
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Relates to decreasing the length of the suspension period applicable to certain individuals who lose their jobs due to a labor dispute, such as a strike, and who seek to obtain unemployment insurance benefits; decreases the suspension period from seven consecutive weeks to seven consecutive calendar days; and permits the waiting period to be served during a suspension period. |
S04573 Actions:
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03/15/2019 | REFERRED TO LABOR | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
04/09/2019 | 1ST REPORT CAL.447 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
04/10/2019 | 2ND REPORT CAL. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
04/29/2019 | ADVANCED TO THIRD READING | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/01/2019 | PASSED SENATE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/01/2019 | DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/01/2019 | referred to labor | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/20/2019 | substituted for a6592 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/20/2019 | ordered to third reading rules cal.645 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/20/2019 | passed assembly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/20/2019 | returned to senate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12/30/2019 | DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
02/06/2020 | SIGNED CHAP.755 |
S04573 Committee Votes:
Go to topS04573 Floor Votes:
Yes
Abbate
Yes
Crespo
ER
Gantt
No
LiPetri
Yes
Perry
Yes
Simon
Yes
Abinanti
No
Crouch
No
Garbarino
Yes
Lupardo
Yes
Pheffer Amato
Yes
Simotas
Yes
Arroyo
Yes
Cruz
No
Giglio
Yes
Magnarelli
Yes
Pichardo
Yes
Smith
No
Ashby
Yes
Cusick
Yes
Glick
No
Malliotakis
Yes
Pretlow
No
Smullen
Yes
Aubry
Yes
Cymbrowitz
No
Goodell
No
Manktelow
Yes
Quart
Yes
Solages
No
Barclay
Yes
Davila
Yes
Gottfried
Yes
McDonald
No
Ra
No
Stec
Yes
Barnwell
Yes
De La Rosa
Yes
Griffin
ER
McDonough
Yes
Raia
Yes
Steck
Yes
Barrett
Yes
DenDekker
Yes
Gunther
Yes
McMahon
Yes
Ramos
Yes
Stern
Yes
Barron
Yes
DeStefano
No
Hawley
No
Mikulin
ER
Raynor
Yes
Stirpe
ER
Benedetto
Yes
Dickens
Yes
Hevesi
Yes
Miller B
No
Reilly
No
Tague
Yes
Bichotte
ER
Dilan
Yes
Hunter
ER
Miller MG
Yes
Reyes
Yes
Taylor
Yes
Blake
Yes
Dinowitz
Yes
Hyndman
No
Miller ML
ER
Richardson
Yes
Thiele
No
Blankenbush
No
DiPietro
Yes
Jacobson
ER
Montesano
Yes
Rivera
ER
Titus
Yes
Brabenec
Yes
D'Urso
Yes
Jaffee
Yes
Morinello
Yes
Rodriguez
Yes
Vanel
Yes
Braunstein
Yes
Eichenstein
Yes
Jean-Pierre
Yes
Mosley
Yes
Romeo
Yes
Walczyk
Yes
Bronson
Yes
Englebright
Yes
Johns
Yes
Niou
Yes
Rosenthal D
Yes
Walker
Yes
Buchwald
Yes
Epstein
Yes
Jones
ER
Nolan
Yes
Rosenthal L
Yes
Wallace
Yes
Burke
Yes
Fahy
Yes
Joyner
Yes
Norris
Yes
Rozic
No
Walsh
Yes
Buttenschon
Yes
Fall
Yes
Kim
ER
O'Donnell
Yes
Ryan
Yes
Weinstein
Yes
Byrne
Yes
Fernandez
No
Kolb
ER
Ortiz
Yes
Salka
Yes
Weprin
No
Byrnes
No
Finch
No
Lalor
Yes
Otis
Yes
Santabarbara
Yes
Williams
Yes
Cahill
No
Fitzpatrick
Yes
Lavine
No
Palmesano
ER
Sayegh
Yes
Woerner
Yes
Carroll
No
Friend
No
Lawrence
No
Palumbo
No
Schimminger
Yes
Wright
Yes
Colton
Yes
Frontus
Yes
Lentol
Yes
Paulin
Yes
Schmitt
Yes
Zebrowski
Yes
Cook
Yes
Galef
Yes
Lifton
ER
Peoples-Stokes
Yes
Seawright
Yes
Mr. Speaker
‡ Indicates voting via videoconference
S04573 Text:
Go to top STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4573 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN SENATE March 15, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sen. KENNEDY -- 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 decreasing the length of the suspension period applicable to certain striking workers who seek to obtain unemployment insurance benefits The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivisions 1 and 3 of section 592 of the labor law, 2 subdivision 1 as amended by chapter 177 of the laws of 2010 and subdivi- 3 sion 3 as amended by chapter 415 of the laws of 1983, are amended to 4 read as follows: 5 1. Industrial controversy. (a) The accumulation of benefit rights by a 6 claimant shall be suspended during a period of [seven consecutive weeks] 7 one week beginning with the day after such claimant lost his or her 8 employment because of a strike or other industrial controversy except 9 for lockouts, including concerted activity not authorized or sanctioned 10 by the recognized or certified bargaining agent of the claimant, and 11 other concerted activity conducted in violation of any existing collec- 12 tive bargaining agreement, in the establishment in which he or she was 13 employed, except that benefit rights may be accumulated before the expi- 14 ration of such [seven weeks] one week period beginning with the day 15 after such strike or other industrial controversy was terminated. 16 (b) Benefits shall not be suspended under this section if: 17 (i) The employer hires a permanent replacement worker for the employ- 18 ee's position. A replacement worker shall be presumed to be permanent 19 unless the employer certifies in writing that the employee will be able 20 to return to his or her prior position upon conclusion of the strike, in 21 the event the strike terminates prior to the conclusion of the employ- 22 ee's eligibility for benefit rights under this chapter. In the event the 23 employer does not permit such return after such certification, the 24 employee shall be entitled to recover any benefits lost as a result of EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD09961-01-9S. 4573 2 1 the [seven] one week suspension of benefits, and the department may 2 impose a penalty upon the employer of up to seven hundred fifty dollars 3 per employee per week of benefits lost. The penalty collected shall be 4 paid into the unemployment insurance control fund established pursuant 5 to section five hundred fifty-two-b of this article; or 6 (ii) The commissioner determines that the claimant: 7 (A) is not employed by an employer that is involved in the industrial 8 controversy that caused his or her unemployment and is not participating 9 in the industrial controversy; or 10 (B) is not in a bargaining unit involved in the industrial controversy 11 that caused his or her unemployment and is not participating in the 12 industrial controversy. 13 3. Terms of suspension. [No] The waiting period may be served during a 14 suspension period. 15 The suspension of accumulation of benefit rights shall not be termi- 16 nated by subsequent employment of the claimant irrespective of when the 17 claim is filed except as provided in subdivision one and shall not be 18 confined to a single benefit year. 19 A "week" as used in subdivision one of this section means any seven 20 consecutive calendar days. 21 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.