Senate Bill S1853A

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Exempts agricultural employers from paying for unemployment benefits for federally ineligible farm labor

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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-S1853 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6256
Current Committee:
Assembly Labor
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §564, Lab L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: S7289
2017-2018: S139, A4480
2019-2020: S2525, A5564
2021-2022: S5341, A4785

2015-S1853 - Summary

Exempts agricultural employers from paying for unemployment coverage for alien farm laborers, who are federally ineligible from receiving such benefits.

2015-S1853 - Sponsor Memo

2015-S1853 - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  1853

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 15, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  LITTLE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Labor

AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to excluding certain agricul-
  tural labor from coverage under  the  provision  of  the  unemployment
  insurance law

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 564 of the labor law is renumbered
subdivision 3 and a new subdivision 2 is added to read as follows:
  2. EXCLUSION FROM COVERAGE. THE TERM  "EMPLOYMENT"  DOES  NOT  INCLUDE
SERVICES  RENDERED  BY  AN  INDIVIDUAL  WHO  IS AN ALIEN ADMITTED TO THE
UNITED STATES TO PERFORM AGRICULTURAL LABOR PURSUANT TO SECTIONS  214(C)
AND  101(A)(15)(H) OF THE FEDERAL IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY ACT IF, AT
THE TIME SUCH SERVICES ARE RENDERED, THEY ARE EXCLUDED  FROM  THE  DEFI-
NITION  OF EMPLOYMENT IN SECTION 3306(C) OF THE FEDERAL UNEMPLOYMENT TAX
ACT.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD06300-01-5


              

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2015-S1853A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6256
Current Committee:
Assembly Labor
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §564, Lab L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: S7289
2017-2018: S139, A4480
2019-2020: S2525, A5564
2021-2022: S5341, A4785

2015-S1853A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Exempts agricultural employers from paying for unemployment coverage for alien farm laborers, who are federally ineligible from receiving such benefits.

2015-S1853A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S1853A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                 1853--A
    Cal. No. 1105

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 15, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sens. LITTLE, AMEDORE, CROCI, GALLIVAN, MARCHIONE, ORTT,
  RANZENHOFER, RITCHIE -- 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, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place
  in the order of third reading

AN  ACT  to  amend  the labor law, in relation to exempting agricultural
  employers from paying for unemployment benefits for federally ineligi-
  ble farm labor

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 564 of the labor law is renumbered
subdivision 3 and a new subdivision 2 is added to read as follows:
  2.  EXCLUSION  FROM  COVERAGE. THE TERM "EMPLOYMENT" SHALL NOT INCLUDE
SERVICES RENDERED BY AN INDIVIDUAL WHO  IS  AN  ALIEN  ADMITTED  TO  THE
UNITED  STATES TO PERFORM AGRICULTURAL LABOR PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 214(C)
AND 101(A)(15)(H) OF THE FEDERAL IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY ACT IF,  AT
THE  TIME  SUCH  SERVICES ARE RENDERED, THEY ARE EXCLUDED FROM THE DEFI-
NITION OF EMPLOYMENT IN SECTION 3306(C) OF THE FEDERAL UNEMPLOYMENT  TAX
ACT.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD06300-02-5


              

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