Senate Bill S357A

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Relates to the refusal to work and the disqualification of benefits

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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-S357 - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Labor
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §593, Lab L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S81
2017-2018: S2925

2013-S357 - Summary

Relates to the refusal to work and the disqualification of benefits.

2013-S357 - Sponsor Memo

2013-S357 - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                   357

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 9, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by Sen. GALLIVAN -- 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 disqualification for bene-
  fits and refusal of employment

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

  Section 1 Subdivision 2 of section 593 of the labor law, as amended by
chapter  415  of  the  laws of 1983, the opening paragraph as amended by
chapter 5 of the laws of 2000, paragraph (a) as added by chapter 589  of
the  laws of 1998 and paragraphs (d) and (e) as amended by chapter 35 of
the laws of 2009, is amended to read as follows:
  2. Refusal of employment. No  days  of  total  unemployment  shall  be
deemed to occur beginning with the day on which a claimant, without good
cause,  refuses to accept an offer of employment for which he is reason-
ably fitted by training and experience, including employment not subject
to this article, until he has  subsequently  worked  in  employment  and
earned remuneration at least equal to five times his or her weekly bene-
fit  rate. Except that claimants who are not subject to a recall date or
who do not obtain employment through a union hiring  hall  and  who  are
still  unemployed  after  receiving  thirteen weeks of benefits shall be
required to accept any employment  proffered  that  such  claimants  are
capable  of  performing, provided that such employment would result in a
wage not less than SUCH CLAIMANT'S HIGH CALENDAR QUARTER WAGES  RECEIVED
IN  THE  BASE  PERIOD;  OR  WOULD  RESULT  IN A WAGE GREATER THAN eighty
percent of such claimant's high calendar quarter wages received  in  the
base  period  and  not  substantially  less than the prevailing wage for
similar work in the locality as provided for in paragraph  (d)  of  this
subdivision.  No  refusal  to  accept employment shall be deemed without
good cause nor shall it disqualify any claimant  otherwise  eligible  to
receive benefits if:

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

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2013-S357A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Labor
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §593, Lab L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S81
2017-2018: S2925

2013-S357A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the refusal to work and the disqualification of benefits.

2013-S357A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2013-S357A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                 357--A

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 9, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sens. GALLIVAN, YOUNG -- read twice and ordered printed,
  and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Labor  --  recom-
  mitted  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 disqualification for bene-
  fits and refusal of employment

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 593 of the labor law,  as  amended
by  chapter 415 of the laws of 1983, the opening paragraph as amended by
section 15 of part O of chapter 57 of the laws of 2013, paragraph (a) as
added by chapter 589 of the laws of 1998 and paragraphs (d) and  (e)  as
amended  by  chapter  35  of  the  laws  of  2009, is amended to read as
follows:
  2. Refusal of employment. No  days  of  total  unemployment  shall  be
deemed to occur beginning with the day on which a claimant, without good
cause,  refuses  to accept an offer of employment for which he or she is
reasonably fitted by training and experience, including  employment  not
subject  to  this  article,  until  he or she has subsequently worked in
employment and earned remuneration at least equal to ten  times  his  or
her  weekly benefit rate. Except that claimants who are not subject to a
recall date or who do not obtain employment through a union hiring  hall
and who are still unemployed after receiving ten weeks of benefits shall
be  required  to accept any employment proffered that such claimants are
capable of performing, provided that such employment would result  in  a
wage  not less than SUCH CLAIMANT'S HIGH CALENDAR QUARTER WAGES RECEIVED
IN THE BASE PERIOD; OR WOULD  RESULT  IN  A  WAGE  GREATER  THAN  eighty
percent  of  such claimant's high calendar quarter wages received in the
base period and not substantially less  than  the  prevailing  wage  for

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

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