Assembly Bill A523

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Provides that an employer shall not be liable for unemployment benefits for an employee who voluntarily leaves employment

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2015-A523 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Labor
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §581, Lab L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A2866
2011-2012: A6517
2013-2014: A1553
2017-2018: A2844
2019-2020: A1004

2015-A523 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that an employer's account for unemployment insurance coverage shall not be charged when an employee quits without good cause, regardless of whether the former employee has filed and been disqualified for benefits and later files and qualifies for unemployment insurance based on subsequent employment.

2015-A523 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                   523

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 7, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A. KOLB, CORWIN, MONTESANO, MALLIOTAKIS, CURRAN,
  GOODELL -- read once and referred to the Committee on Labor

AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to limiting the liability  of
  certain employers for unemployment insurance coverage

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Paragraph (e) of subdivision 1 of section 581 of the  labor
law is amended by adding a new subparagraph 2-a to read as follows:
  (2-A)  AN  EMPLOYER'S  ACCOUNT  SHALL  NOT BE CHARGED, AND THE CHARGES
SHALL INSTEAD BE MADE TO THE GENERAL ACCOUNT, FOR BENEFITS  PAID  TO  AN
EMPLOYEE  WHO  VOLUNTARILY SEPARATED FROM EMPLOYMENT AND THE CHARGES ARE
ATTRIBUTABLE TO WEEKS OF THE CLAIMANT'S BASE PERIOD OF  EMPLOYMENT  WITH
SUCH  EMPLOYER  PRIOR  TO THE EMPLOYEE'S VOLUNTARY SEPARATION OF EMPLOY-
MENT.
  S 2. Subparagraph 3 of paragraph (e) of subdivision 1 of  section  581
of the labor law, as amended by section 6 of part O of chapter 57 of the
laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
  (3)  An employer's account shall not be charged, and the charges shall
instead be made to the general account, for benefits paid to a  claimant
after  the  expiration  of  a  period  of disqualification from benefits
following a final determination that the claimant lost  employment  with
the  employer  through misconduct [or voluntary separation of employment
without good cause within the meaning of section  five  hundred  ninety-
three  of this article] and the charges are attributable to remuneration
paid during the claimant's base period of employment with such  employer
prior  to  the  claimant's loss of employment with such employer through
misconduct [or voluntary separation of employment without  good  cause],
provided,  however,  that  an  employer shall not be relieved of charges
pursuant to this subparagraph if an  employer  or  its  agent  fails  to
submit  information resulting in an overpayment pursuant to section five
hundred ninety-seven of this article.
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

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