New York S 9384: Relates to the calculation of a claimant's weekly unemployment insurance benefit

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S09384 Summary:

BILL NOS09384 

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SAME ASSAME AS A10304

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SPONSORJACKSON

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COSPNSRSALAZAR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §590, Lab L

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Provides that a claimant's weekly unemployment insurance benefit shall be calculated based on such claimant's average weekly wage compared to the state average weekly wage.

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BILL NOS09384 

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03/06/2026REFERRED TO LABOR

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 9384

 IN SENATE

 March 6, 2026
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. JACKSON -- 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 the calculation of a
 claimant's weekly unemployment insurance benefit

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 5 of section 590 of the labor
 2 law, as amended by section 3 of part KK of chapter 56 of the laws of
 3 2025, is amended to read as follows:
 4 (a) A claimant's average weekly [benefit amount] wage shall be one
 5 [twenty-sixth] thirteenth of the remuneration paid during the highest
 6 calendar quarter of the base period by employers, liable for contrib-
 7 utions or payments in lieu of contributions under this article, provided
 8 the claimant has remuneration paid in all four calendar quarters during
 9 such claimant's base period or alternate base period. [However, for any
 10 claimant who has remuneration paid in all four calendar quarters during
 11 such claimant's base period or alternate base period and whose high
 12 calendar quarter remuneration during the base period is three thousand
 13 five hundred seventy-five dollars or less, the benefit amount shall be
 14 one twenty-fifth of the remuneration paid during the highest calendar
 15 quarter of the base period by employers liable for contributions or
 16 payments in lieu of contributions under this article.] A claimant's
 17 average weekly [benefit] wage shall be one [twenty-sixth] thirteenth of
 18 the average remuneration paid in the two highest quarters paid during
 19 the base period or alternate base period by employers liable for
 20 contributions or payments in lieu of contributions under this article
 21 when the claimant has remuneration paid in two or three calendar quar-
 22 ters [provided however, that a claimant whose high calendar quarter is
 23 four thousand dollars or less but greater than three thousand five
 24 hundred seventy-five dollars shall have a weekly benefit amount of one
 25 twenty-sixth of such high calendar quarter. However, for any claimant
 26 who has remuneration paid in two or three calendar quarters during such
 27 claimant's base period or alternate base period and whose high calendar
 28 quarter remuneration during the base period is three thousand five

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD14259-02-6

 S. 9384 2

 1 hundred seventy-five dollars or less, the benefit amount shall be one
 2 twenty-fifth of the remuneration paid during the highest calendar quar-
 3 ter of the base period by employers liable for contributions or payments
 4 in lieu of contributions under this article. Any claimant whose high
 5 calendar quarter remuneration during the base period is more than three
 6 thousand five hundred seventy-five dollars shall not have a weekly bene-
 7 fit amount less than one hundred forty-three dollars. The weekly benefit
 8 amount, so computed, that is not a multiple of one dollar shall be
 9 lowered to the next multiple of one dollar]. If a claimant's average
 10 weekly wage as calculated pursuant to this paragraph is between zero and
 11 fifty percent of the state average weekly wage, such claimant's weekly
 12 benefit shall be equal to eighty-five percent of such claimant's average
 13 weekly wage. If a claimant's average weekly wage as calculated pursuant
 14 to this paragraph is between fifty-one and one hundred percent of the
 15 state average weekly wage, such claimant's weekly benefit shall be equal