What's happening
This bill exempts agricultural employers from paying unemployment benefits for farm workers who are federally ineligible under H-2A visas.
Why it matters
Reduces costs for agricultural employers. by exempting them from paying unemployment insurance taxes for H-2A visa farm workers, potentially lowering labor expenses in the agriculture sector.
Harmonizes state and federal law. by ensuring New York does not require unemployment coverage for workers already excluded under federal law, streamlining compliance for employers.
May impact farm worker protections. , as H-2A visa holders would have no access to state unemployment benefits, highlighting a gap in the safety net for a significant segment of the agricultural workforce.
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End Farm Unemployment Tax
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Sponsors
13 Co-sponsors
1 Multi-sponsor
History
- Referred to labor
- Print number 7619a
- Amend and recommit to labor
- Referred to labor
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End Farm Jobless Pay Mandate
In Senate Committee · Labor · Sponsor Jen Metzger
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STATE OF NEW YORK
7619--A
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
May 14, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. LUPARDO, SANTABARBARA, BUTTENSCHON, McDONALD, McMAHON, WOERNER, STECK, HAWLEY, CROUCH, LIFTON, JONES, BLANKENBUSH, B. MILLER -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. FITZPATRICK -- read once and referred to the Committee on Labor -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to exempting agricultural employers from paying for unemployment benefits for federally ineligible farm labor
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 564 of the labor law is renumbered subdivision 3 and a new subdivision 2 is added to read as follows:
2. Exclusion from coverage. The term "employment" shall not include services rendered by an individual who is admitted to the United States to perform agricultural labor pursuant to 8 USC 1188 if, at the time such services are rendered, they are excluded from the definition of employment in section 3306(c) of the Federal Unemployment Tax Act.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD11611-02-9
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