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NY A03654
Bill
Status
Introduced
1/29/2025
Primary Sponsor
Harry Bronson
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AI Summary
- Reduces the unemployment insurance benefit suspension period for workers who lose their jobs due to a strike or industrial controversy from two consecutive weeks to one week
- Allows the waiting period and suspension period to be served concurrently rather than sequentially, enabling faster access to benefits
- Maintains existing exceptions where benefits are not suspended, including when employers hire permanent replacement workers or when the claimant is not employed by the employer involved in the dispute
- Preserves the $750 per employee per week penalty for employers who falsely certify that striking workers can return to their positions after the dispute ends
- Updates gendered language throughout the statute to gender-neutral terms (e.g., "his or her" to "their" or "such claimant")
Legislative Description
Relates to decreasing the length of the suspension period applicable to certain individuals who lose their jobs due to a labor dispute, such as a strike, and who seek to obtain unemployment insurance benefits; decreases the suspension period from two consecutive weeks to one week; provides that the waiting period and suspension period shall be served concurrently.
Last Action
referred to labor
1/7/2026
Committee Referrals
Labor1/29/2025
Full Bill Text
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