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NY A05490

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/24/2015

Primary Sponsor

Bill Nojay

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Origin

Assembly

2015-2016 General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Exempts employers from experience rating charges (unemployment insurance contributions) for benefits paid to employees who were primary wage earners receiving public assistance within six months of hire, earned wages for no more than six months, and earned less than $5,000 total.

  • Requires the Commissioner of Labor to establish regulations and application standards for employers seeking to exclude such payments from their unemployment insurance contributions.

  • Prohibits employers from discharging workers to meet the wage and duration requirements; violators are subject to penalties under Labor Law section 213.

  • Requires the Commissioners of Labor and Temporary and Disability Assistance to jointly report to legislative leaders by January 1, 2019 on the effectiveness of the provision in facilitating public assistance recipients' entry into the private workforce.

  • Takes effect January 1 following enactment and expires January 1, 2020, at which point section one is automatically repealed.

Legislative Description

Exempts an employer from paying into the unemployment insurance fund with respect to former public assistance recipients who are now his employees and direct the commissioner of labor and the commissioner of the office of temporary and disability assistance to report to the legislature on the effectiveness of such provision.

Last Action

enacting clause stricken

9/19/2016

Committee Referrals

Labor2/24/2015

Full Bill Text

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