Relates to notice of eligibility for unemployment benefits; requires an employer to provide a written notice of the right to file for unemployment benefits to any employee whose employment has been terminated or whose scheduled working hours have been reduced.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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4878--A
Cal. No. 419
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
February 16, 2023
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Introduced by Sen. MAYER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Labor -- reported favora-
bly from said committee, ordered to first and second report, ordered
to a third reading, passed by Senate and delivered to the Assembly,
recalled, vote reconsidered, restored to third reading, amended and
ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading
AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to notice of eligibility for
unemployment benefits
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 590 of the labor law is amended by adding a new
2 subdivision 2 to read as follows:
3 2. Notice of eligibility upon separation from employment. Every
4 employer liable under this article for contributions shall inform each
5 employee of their right to file an application for unemployment benefits
6 with the department. Such information shall be given at the time of each
7 permanent or indefinite separation from employment, reduction in hours,
8 temporary separation, and any other interruption of continued employment
9 that results in total or partial unemployment. Such notice shall be
10 given in writing on a form furnished or approved by the department and
11 shall include:
12 (a) the employer's name and registration number;
13 (b) the address of the employer to which a request for remuneration
14 and employment information with respect to such employee must be
15 directed; and
16 (c) such other information as is required by the commissioner.
17 § 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
18 have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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