What's happening
This bill allows individuals to continue receiving unemployment benefits if they leave work to provide child care after making reasonable efforts to find alternatives.
Why it matters
Expands eligibility for unemployment benefits. to parents who must leave their jobs to care for their children, recognizing child care responsibilities as a legitimate reason for unemployment.
Acknowledges the real-world challenges. faced by working parents, especially during times when child care options are limited or unaffordable, by providing a social safety net.
Reduces financial pressure on families. forced to choose between employment and their children’s well-being, potentially preventing economic hardship and instability.
Signals a policy shift. toward greater support for caregiving responsibilities, which could influence future debates on family leave, workplace flexibility, and child care infrastructure.
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Protect Unemployed Caregivers' Benefits
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Sponsors
23 Co-sponsors
- Donna Lupardo
- Anthony D'Urso
- Jo Anne Simon
- Aravella Simotas
- Richard Gottfried
- Thomas Abinanti
- Deborah Glick
- William Colton
- Luis R. Sepúlveda
- Kimberly Jean-Pierre
- Melissa Miller
- Marcos Crespo
- Tremaine Wright
- Al Taylor
- Michael Blake
- Walter T. Mosley
- Charles Barron
- Inez E. Dickens
- Jose Rivera
- Charles Lavine
- Joseph Errigo
- Carmen E. Arroyo
- Rebecca Seawright
2 Multi-sponsors
History
- Ordered to third reading cal.490
- Advanced to third reading cal.543
- Reported
- Referred to labor
Companion bill
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Protect Benefits for Caregivers
In Senate Committee · Labor · Sponsor Tony Avella
Full text
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STATE OF NEW YORK
6989
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
March 28, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. JAFFEE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Labor
AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to compelling family reasons and the continuance of unemployment benefits
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section 593 of the labor law is amended by adding a new subparagraph (iv) to read as follows:
(iv) the need for the individual to provide child care to the individual's child if such individual has made reasonable efforts to secure alternative child care.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD01186-01-7
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