Senate Bill S2706A

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Enacts the "Unemployment Insurance Liability Act of 2014"

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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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2013-S2706 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A5375
Current Committee:
Senate Labor
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §562, Lab L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A3788
2011-2012: S6045, A3917
2015-2016: S2756, A7922
2017-2018: S2188, A92
2019-2020: S5016, A174
2021-2022: S5425, A1234
2023-2024: S6833

2013-S2706 - Summary

Enacts the "Unemployment Insurance Liability Act of 2014;" requires that employers that are relocated out of New York State continue to contribute to the unemployment insurance fund when former employees of the employer are receiving benefits for two quarters; mandates that employers shall identify all employees being terminated as a result of the relocation and include the amount of weekly wages paid to such individuals as part of the final quarterly payroll report submitted to the department of insurance.

2013-S2706 - Sponsor Memo

2013-S2706 - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  2706

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 23, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- 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 enacting the  Unemployment
  Insurance Liability Act of 2013

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

  Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as
the "Unemployment Insurance Liability Act of 2013".
  S  2.  Legislative findings. The legislature hereby finds and declares
that employers that have  relocated  out  of  New  York  state  are  not
required  to  make scheduled quarterly contributions to the unemployment
insurance fund once they have left the state.
  The legislature further declares that this creates a continuing  hard-
ship on the fund which threatens its solvency.
  Therefore, the legislature declares that employer contributions to the
unemployment  insurance  fund shall continue even after the employer has
left New York state, where former employees are receiving benefits.
  S 3. Subdivision 1 of section 562 of the  labor  law,  as  amended  by
chapter 103 of the laws of 1965, is amended to read as follows:
   1.    Required coverage. (a)  Any employer who has once become liable
for contributions under this article with respect to persons other  than
persons  employed in personal or domestic service in private homes shall
[cease to be liable as of] REMAIN LIABLE UNTIL  the  first  day  of  the
calendar  quarter  next  following the filing of his written application
provided the commissioner finds that the employer has not RELOCATED  OUT
OF STATE OR, with respect to [such] persons OTHER THAN THOSE EMPLOYED IN
PERSONAL  OR  DOMESTIC  SERVICE  IN  PRIVATE HOMES, paid remuneration of
three hundred dollars or more in  any  of  the  four  calendar  quarters
preceding such day.
   (b)  AN  EMPLOYER  WHO HAS RELOCATED OUT OF STATE SHALL REMAIN LIABLE
FOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE FUND FOR TWO QUARTERS FROM THE  DATE  ON  WHICH

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD06939-01-3
              

2013-S2706A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A5375
Current Committee:
Senate Labor
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §562, Lab L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A3788
2011-2012: S6045, A3917
2015-2016: S2756, A7922
2017-2018: S2188, A92
2019-2020: S5016, A174
2021-2022: S5425, A1234
2023-2024: S6833

2013-S2706A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the "Unemployment Insurance Liability Act of 2014;" requires that employers that are relocated out of New York State continue to contribute to the unemployment insurance fund when former employees of the employer are receiving benefits for two quarters; mandates that employers shall identify all employees being terminated as a result of the relocation and include the amount of weekly wages paid to such individuals as part of the final quarterly payroll report submitted to the department of insurance.

2013-S2706A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2013-S2706A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                 2706--A

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 23, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- 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 enacting the Unemployment
  Insurance Liability Act of 2014

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

  Section  1.  Short  title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
the "Unemployment Insurance Liability Act of 2014".
  S 2. Legislative findings. The legislature hereby finds  and  declares
that  employers  that  have  relocated  out  of  New  York state are not
required to make scheduled quarterly contributions to  the  unemployment
insurance fund once they have left the state.
  The  legislature further declares that this creates a continuing hard-
ship on the fund which threatens its solvency.
  Therefore, the legislature declares that employer contributions to the
unemployment insurance fund shall continue even after the  employer  has
left New York state, where former employees are receiving benefits.
  S  3.  Subdivision  1  of  section 562 of the labor law, as amended by
chapter 103 of the laws of 1965, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  Required coverage. (a)  Any employer who has once  become  liable
for  contributions under this article with respect to persons other than
persons employed in personal or domestic service in private homes  shall
[cease  to  be  liable  as  of] REMAIN LIABLE UNTIL the first day of the
calendar quarter next following the filing of  his  written  application
provided  the commissioner finds that the employer has not RELOCATED OUT
OF STATE OR, with respect to [such] persons OTHER THAN THOSE EMPLOYED IN
PERSONAL OR DOMESTIC SERVICE IN  PRIVATE  HOMES,  paid  remuneration  of

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD06939-02-4

              

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