STATE OF NEW YORK
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                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 12, 2017
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        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.
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