New York S 9381: Increases the unemployment insurance minimum weekly benefit amount

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S09381 Summary:

BILL NOS09381 

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SAME ASSAME AS A10048

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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 the unemployment insurance minimum weekly benefit amount shall be the greater of two hundred fifty dollars or fifteen percent of the state average weekly wage.

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BILL NOS09381 

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03/06/2026REFERRED TO LABOR

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 9381

 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 increasing the unemploy-
 ment insurance minimum weekly benefit amount

 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 weekly benefit amount shall be one twenty-sixth of
 5 the remuneration paid during the highest calendar quarter of the base
 6 period by employers, liable for contributions or payments in lieu of
 7 contributions under this article, provided the claimant has remuneration
 8 paid in all four calendar quarters during such claimant's base period or
 9 alternate base period, but shall not be less than the greater of two
 10 hundred fifty dollars or fifteen percent of the state average weekly
 11 wage. However, for any claimant who has remuneration paid in all four
 12 calendar quarters during such claimant's base period or alternate base
 13 period and whose high calendar quarter remuneration during the base
 14 period is three thousand five hundred seventy-five dollars or less, the
 15 benefit amount shall be one twenty-fifth of the remuneration paid during
 16 the highest calendar quarter of the base period by employers liable for
 17 contributions or payments in lieu of contributions under this article,
 18 but shall not be less than the greater of two hundred fifty dollars or
 19 fifteen percent of the state average weekly wage. A claimant's weekly
 20 benefit shall be one twenty-sixth of the average remuneration paid in
 21 the two highest quarters paid during the base period or alternate base
 22 period by employers liable for contributions or payments in lieu of
 23 contributions under this article when the claimant has remuneration paid
 24 in two or three calendar quarters provided however, that a claimant
 25 whose high calendar quarter is four thousand dollars or less but greater
 26 than three thousand five hundred seventy-five dollars shall have a week-
 27 ly benefit amount of one twenty-sixth of such high calendar quarter, but
 28 shall not be less than the greater of two hundred fifty dollars or

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD14161-02-6

 S. 9381 2

 1 fifteen percent of the state average weekly wage. However, for any
 2 claimant who has remuneration paid in two or three calendar quarters
 3 during such claimant's base period or alternate base period and whose
 4 high calendar quarter remuneration during the base period is three thou-
 5 sand five hundred seventy-five dollars or less, the benefit amount shall
 6 be one twenty-fifth of the remuneration paid during the highest calendar
 7 quarter of the base period by employers liable for contributions or
 8 payments in lieu of contributions under this article, but shall not be
 9 less than the greater of two hundred fifty dollars or fifteen percent of
 10 the state average weekly wage. Any claimant whose high calendar quarter
 11 remuneration during the base period is more than three thousand five
 12 hundred seventy-five dollars shall not have a weekly benefit amount less
 13 than [one] the greater of two hundred [forty-three] fifty dollars or
 14 fifteen percent of the state average weekly wage. The weekly benefit
 15 amount, so computed, that is not a multiple of one dollar shall be