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A05667 Summary:

BILL NOA05667 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORLevenberg

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §590, add §590-a, Lab L

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Relates to allowing claimants collecting unemployment to obtain part-time work without losing their unemployment benefits.

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BILL NOA05667 

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02/19/2025referred to labor

01/07/2026referred to labor

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5667

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 19, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. LEVENBERG -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Labor

 AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to allowing claimants
 collecting unemployment to obtain part-time work without losing their
 unemployment benefits

 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 590 of the labor law, as amended
 2 by chapter 645 of the laws of 1951, is amended to read as follows:
 3 1. Entitlement to benefits. A claimant shall be entitled to accumulate
 4 effective days for the purpose of benefit rights only if [he] such
 5 claimant has complied with the provisions of this article regarding the
 6 filing of [his] the claim, including the filing of a valid original
 7 claim, registered as totally unemployed or partially employed pursuant
 8 to section five hundred ninety-a of this title, reported [his] such
 9 claimant's subsequent employment and unemployment, and reported for work
 10 or otherwise given notice of the continuance of [his] such claimant's
 11 unemployment.
 12 § 2. Subdivision 1 of section 590 of the labor law, as amended by
 13 chapter 277 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read as follows:
 14 1. Entitlement to benefits. A claimant shall be entitled to accumulate
 15 effective weeks for the purpose of benefit rights only if [he] such
 16 claimant has complied with the provisions of this article regarding the
 17 filing of [his] the claim, including the filing of a valid original
 18 claim, registered as totally or partially unemployed pursuant to section
 19 five hundred ninety-a of this title, reported [his] such claimant's
 20 subsequent employment and unemployment, and reported for work or other-
 21 wise given notice of the continuance of [his] such claimant's unemploy-
 22 ment.
 23 § 3. The labor law is amended by adding a new section 590-a to read as
 24 follows:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD08320-01-5

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 1 § 590-a. Reductions in unemployment benefits due to part-time work. 1.
 2 Entitlement to benefits. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to
 3 the contrary any claimant who accepts part-time work shall be eligible
 4 to collect partial unemployment pursuant to this section provided such
 5 claimant meets the criteria outlined in this section.
 6 2. Reporting part-time employment. A claimant collecting unemployment
 7 who is paid for part-time employment while collecting unemployment shall
 8 be required to report during each compensable period the amount of money
 9 earned from such part-time work.
 10 3. Benefit rate. A claimant's unemployment benefit shall be reduced by
 11 fifty percent of the part-time income during a compensable period, in a
 12 manner determined by the commissioner.
 13 4. Penalties for false or inaccurate reporting. The provisions of
 14 section five hundred ninety-four of this title shall control should a
 15 claimant inaccurately report or fail to report the amount of part-time
 16 wages earned during any compensable period.
 17 § 4. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
 18 have become a law; provided, however, that the amendments to subdivision
 19 1 of section 590 of the labor law made by section two of this act shall
 20 take effect on the same date and the same manner as section six of chap-
 21 ter 277 of the laws of 2021, takes effect. Effective immediately, the
 22 addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary
 23 for the implementa