S4887-2011 Actions

• Jan 4, 2012: REFERRED TO LABOR
• Apr 28, 2011: REFERRED TO LABOR

S4887-2011 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S4887

TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to amend the labor law, in relation to excluding substitute teachers
from the limits imposed on unemployment insurance benefits available
during vacation periods
for professional employees of educational institutions

PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF THE BILL:
This bill addresses the concerns
of substitute teachers who have no means of income during the summer
months.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
This bill amends Section 1. Subdivision 10
section 590 of the labor law by adding a new paragraph (d) to read as
follows:

The foregoing provisions of this subdivision shall not apply if the
claimant was employed in an instructional capacity on a substitute or
per diem basis and any such claimant shall not be denied benefits
under this section solely by reason of this subdivision.

JUSTIFICATION:
Unemployment is a benefit that is intended to cover
workers during times of unemployment when they have no income. Under
current law however, substitute teachers in New York State are unable
to receive unemployment when they become unemployed during summer
months.
If they receive no salary during the vacation months they often
experience financial hardship waiting for the school year to begin
again. This law would exclude substitute teachers by adding a new
subdivision to the labor law.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
2010: A.9093

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
To be determined.

EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

S4887-2011 Text

 S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 
 
                                         4887
 2011-2012 Regular Sessions
 I N  SENATE
 April 28, 2011
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  RIVERA -- 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  substitute
 teachers  from  the  limits imposed on unemployment insurance benefits
 available during vacation periods for professional employees of educa
 tional institutions
 THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

 

Section  1.  Subdivision 10 of section 590 of the labor law is amended
 by adding a new paragraph (d) to read as follows:

 (D) THE FOREGOING PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL  NOT  APPLY  IF
 THE  CLAIMANT  WAS EMPLOYED IN AN INSTRUCTIONAL CAPACITY ON A SUBSTITUTE
 OR PER DIEM BASIS AND ANY SUCH CLAIMANT SHALL  NOT  BE  DENIED  BENEFITS
 UNDER THIS SECTION SOLELY BY REASON OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
 

S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02966-01-1

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