What's happening
This bill raises the unemployment insurance contribution threshold for agricultural employers from $20,000 to $80,000 per calendar quarter.
Why it matters
Raises the payroll threshold before agricultural employers must pay into unemployment insurance, potentially reducing costs for smaller farms. this change means only those with higher payrolls now have to contribute, easing the financial burden on smaller operations.
Could impact farmworker coverage and access to unemployment benefits. , as fewer employers will be required to participate in the unemployment insurance system, possibly leaving some workers without coverage if their employer falls below the new threshold.
May affect the competitive landscape in New York agriculture. , favoring smaller farms with lower payrolls while potentially creating disparities in worker protections between large and small employers.
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Raise Farm Unemployment Threshold
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STATE OF NEW YORK
6784
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
March 20, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. WOERNER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Labor
AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to requirements for agricultural employers' contributions to unemployment insurance
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Subparagraph 1 of paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 564 of the labor law, as added by chapter 675 of the laws of 1977, is amended to read as follows:
(1) has paid cash remuneration of [twenty] eighty thousand dollars or more in any calendar quarter to persons employed in agricultural labor, and such liability shall commence on the first day of such quarter, or
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD07547-01-9
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