New York S 5623: Relates to the right to unemployment benefits based on employment with certain educational institutions; repealer

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S05623 Summary:

BILL NOS05623 

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SAME ASSAME AS A05860

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SPONSORRYAN C

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COSPNSRBASKIN, BRISPORT, BROUK, COONEY, FAHY, FERNANDEZ, GALLIVAN, GONZALEZ, HARCKHAM, HOYLMAN-SIGAL,
 JACKSON, SALAZAR, SCARCELLA-SPANTON, SKOUFIS, WEBB

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MLTSPNSR

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Rpld §590 sub 11, amd §590, Lab L

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Relates to the right to unemployment benefits based on employment with certain educational institutions, including the state university of New York, the city university of New York and public community colleges; clarifies the meaning of certain terms relating to such rights to unemployment benefits.

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BILL NOS05623 

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02/26/2025REFERRED TO LABOR

05/27/20251ST REPORT CAL.1296

05/28/20252ND REPORT CAL.

05/29/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

06/13/2025COMMITTED TO RULES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO LABOR

05/13/2026REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5623

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 26, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. C. RYAN -- 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 unemployment benefits
 based on employment with certain educational institutions; and to
 repeal certain provisions of such law relating thereto

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

 1 Section 1. The opening paragraph of subdivision 10 of section 590 of
 2 the labor law, as amended by chapter 734 of the laws of 2004, is amended
 3 to read as follows:
 4 Benefits based on professional employment with educational insti-
 5 tutions, including the state university of New York, the city university
 6 of New York and any public community colleges. If a claimant was
 7 employed in an instructional, research, or principal administrative
 8 capacity by an institution of education, including the state university
 9 of New York, the city university of New York and any public community
 10 colleges, or performed services in such an institution in such capacity
 11 while employed by an educational service agency, the following shall
 12 apply to any week commencing during the period between two successive
 13 academic years or terms, or during a similar period between two regular
 14 but not successive terms when the contract provides therefor instead,
 15 provided the claimant has a contract to perform services, or there is a
 16 reasonable assurance that the claimant will perform services, [services]
 17 in such capacity for any such institution or institutions for both of
 18 such academic years or such terms, and to any week commencing during an
 19 established and customary vacation period or holiday recess, not between
 20 such academic terms or years, provided the claimant performed services
 21 for such institution immediately before such vacation period or holiday
 22 recess and there is a reasonable assurance that the claimant will
 23 perform any services described in this subdivision or subdivision eleven

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD09293-01-5

 S. 5623 2

 1 of this section in the period immediately following such vacation period
 2 or holiday recess:
 3 § 2. Subdivision 11 of section 590 of the labor law is REPEALED and a
 4 new subdivision 11 is added to read as follows:
 5 11. (a) For purposes of subdivision ten of this section, a "contract
 6 to perform services" shall refer only to an enforceable, non-contingent
 7 agreement that provides for compensation: for the entire academic year;
 8 or on an annual basis, provided, however, that the contract terms
 9 describing compensation need not be expressed specifically as an annual
 10 salary. A "contract to perform services" must satisfy all of the
 11 following conditions:
 12 (1) The educational institution has made a written, oral or implied
 13 offer of employment, which must be genuine, to the claimant for either
 14 the second academic year or term or for the period following an est