STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1731 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 12, 2017 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. HAWLEY, KOLB -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. McLAUGHLIN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Labor AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to employer rates of contrib- ution to the unemployment insurance fund The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 581 of the labor law is amended by 2 adding a new paragraph (e) to read as follows: 3 (e) Notwithstanding any provision of this section to the contrary, a 4 qualified employer's rate of contribution as determined under this 5 section shall not be increased as a result of the deployment of any 6 employee into the active service of the national guard or armed forces 7 reserves for a period in excess of thirty days. 8 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD02288-01-7