NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
 
BILL NUMBER: A356
SPONSOR: Bronson
 
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to repeal subdivision 11 of section 590 of the labor law, relat-
ing to benefits based on non-professional employment with certain educa-
tional institutions
 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
The bill would clarify the circumstances under which unemployment bene-
fits for non-professional employees of academic institutions may be
denied.
 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
The bill would repeal the section of law which allows denial of claims
for non-professional employees of educational institutions if there is a
"reasonable assurance" that they will be hired at a later date.
 
EFFECTS OF PRESENT LAW WHICH THIS BILL WOULD ALTER:
This bill would require unemployment insurance claims by non-profession-
al education employees to be judged on a case by case basis.
 
JUSTIFICATION:
Service employees in schools and colleges, including cafeteria workers,
bus drivers, and others are generally low wage workers, If they receive
no salary during the vacation months they often experience financial
hardship waiting for the school year to begin again.
 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
2009-10: A3703-C referred to Labor;
2007-2006: A.6597-A reported to Ways and Means; S.8099 referred to Labor
2005-2005: A.3543 reported to Ways and means
2003-2004:A.8190 referred to Labor; S.5047 referred to Labor;
A6041 of 2011-12:referred to Labor;
A.2455 of 2013-14: referred to Labor;
A.2732 of 2015-16: referred to Labor;
A.2111 of 2017-18: referred to Labor
A.616 of 2019-20: referred to Labor
A.1217 of 2021-22: referred to Labor
 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
To be determined.
 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect January 1, the year following enactment.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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356
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 6, 2023
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Introduced by M. of A. BRONSON -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Labor
AN ACT to repeal subdivision 11 of section 590 of the labor law, relat-
ing to benefits based on non-professional employment with certain
educational institutions
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 11 of section 590 of the labor law is REPEALED.
2 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
3 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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