 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          4049
 
                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                    February 1, 2021
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sen.  RAMOS  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Labor
 
        AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to benefits  of  shared  work
          programs
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 607 of the labor law,  as  amended
     2  by section 23 of part O of chapter 57 of the laws of 2013, is amended to
     3  read as follows:
     4    1.  Amount.  An  eligible claimant shall be paid benefits for any week
     5  equal to his or  her  benefit  rate  multiplied  by  the  percentage  of
     6  reduction  of his or her wages resulting from reduced hours of work, but
     7  only if such percentage is no less than twenty percent. The weekly bene-
     8  fit amount shall be rounded off to the nearest dollar. A claimant  shall
     9  not  be  paid  such  benefits  in excess of twenty-six [weeks] times the
    10  amount of regular compensation (including dependents' allowances)  paya-
    11  ble to such individual for a week of total unemployment during a benefit
    12  year.
    13    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD09364-01-1
Relates to benefits of shared work programs

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