Bill Text: NY S03380 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Relates to unemployment insurance benefits; relates to unlawful hiring discrimination by employers, employment agencies and licensing agencies; prohibits concurrent payments.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-06-08 - PRINT NUMBER 3380B [S03380 Detail]

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         3380--A
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    February 6, 2015
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  Sen.  SAVINO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Labor  --  recommitted  to
          the  Committee  on  Labor  in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 --
          committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended  and
          recommitted to said committee
        AN  ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to the calculation of weekly
          unemployment insurance benefits for workers who  are  partially  unem-
          ployed;  to  amend  the  executive law, in relation to unlawful hiring
          discrimination by employers, employment agencies and  licensing  agen-
          cies  based  upon  an  individual's  unemployment status; to amend the
          labor law, in relation to increasing unemployment insurance  benefits;
          to amend chapter 831 of the laws of 1981 amending the labor law relat-
          ing  to  fees  and  expenses in unemployment insurance proceedings, in
          relation to the effectiveness thereof; to  amend  the  labor  law,  in
          relation  to non-recoverable benefits; and to amend chapter 413 of the
          laws of 2003 amending the labor law relating  to  the  self-employment
          assistance program and other matters, in relation to the effectiveness
          thereof;  to  amend  the labor law, in relation to concurrent payments
          prohibited; and to repeal certain provisions of the labor law relating
          thereto
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1. Section 522 of the labor law, as amended by chapter 720 of
     2  the laws of 1953, is amended to read as follows:
     3    § 522. Total unemployment and partial unemployment.  "Total  unemploy-
     4  ment"  means  the  total  lack of any employment [on any day] during any
     5  week. "Partial unemployment" means any employment during any  week  that
     6  is  less  than  full-time employment so long as the compensation paid is
     7  less than the claimant's weekly benefit rate plus the claimant's partial
     8  benefit credit.  The term "employment" as used in this section means any
     9  employment including that not defined in this title.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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