New York A 3654: Relates to decreasing the length of the suspension period applicable to certain striking workers who seek to obtain unemployment insurance benefits

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A03654 Summary:

BILL NOA03654 

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SAME ASSAME AS S04476

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SPONSORBronson

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COSPNSRSeptimo, Santabarbara, Burdick, Jacobson, Gallagher, Morinello, Ramos, Lunsford, Rivera, Stirpe,
 Jensen, Gray, Sayegh, Forrest, Conrad, McMahon, Steck, Raga, Clark, Chang, Reyes, De Los Santos,
 Shimsky, Gibbs, Simone, Woerner, Bores, Brabenec, Shrestha, Carroll R, Lee, Seawright, Durso,
 DeStefano, Hevesi, Stern, Alvarez, Tapia, Rosenthal, Cruz, Paulin, Epstein, Dinowitz, Reilly, Kim,
 Weprin, Gallahan, Bendett, Meeks, Gonzalez-Rojas, Glick, Kelles, Eachus, Gandolfo, Davila, Colton,
 Rozic, Mikulin, Mitaynes, Smith, Benedetto, Taylor, Schiavoni, Lasher, Zaccaro, McDonald, Kay,
 Kassay, Burroughs, Fall, Giglio, Torres, Levenberg, Valdez, Griffin, Cunningham, Simon,
 Chludzinski, Moreno

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §592, Lab L

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Relates to decreasing the length of the suspension period applicable to certain individuals who lose their jobs due to a labor dispute, such as a strike, and who seek to obtain unemployment insurance benefits; decreases the suspension period from two consecutive weeks to one week; provides that the waiting period and suspension period shall be served concurrently.

Go to top A03654 Actions:

BILL NOA03654 

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01/29/2025referred to labor

01/07/2026referred to labor

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There are no Assembly votes for this bill in this legislative session.

Go to topA03654 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 3654

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 29, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. BRONSON, SEPTIMO, MAMDANI, SANTABARBARA, BURDICK,
 JACOBSON, GALLAGHER, MORINELLO, RAMOS, LUNSFORD, RIVERA, STIRPE,
 JENSEN, GRAY, SAYEGH, FORREST, CONRAD, McMAHON, STECK, RAGA, CLARK,
 CHANG, REYES, DE LOS SANTOS, SHIMSKY, GIBBS, SIMONE, WOERNER, BORES,
 BRABENEC, SHRESTHA, R. CARROLL, LEE, SEAWRIGHT, DURSO, DeSTEFANO,
 HEVESI, STERN, ALVAREZ, TAPIA, ROSENTHAL, CRUZ, PAULIN, EPSTEIN,
 DINOWITZ, REILLY, KIM, WEPRIN, GALLAHAN, BENDETT, MEEKS, GONZALEZ-RO-
 JAS, GLICK, KELLES, EACHUS, GANDOLFO, DAVILA, COLTON, ROZIC, MIKULIN,
 MITAYNES, SMITH, BENEDETTO -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Labor

 AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to decreasing the length of
 the suspension period applicable to certain striking workers who seek
 to obtain unemployment insurance benefits

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivisions 1 and 3 of section 592 of the labor law, as
 2 amended by chapter 20 of the laws of 2020, are amended to read as
 3 follows:
 4 1. Industrial controversy. (a) The accumulation of benefit rights by a
 5 claimant shall be suspended during a period of [two consecutive weeks]
 6 one week beginning with the day after such claimant lost [his or her]
 7 their employment because of a strike or other industrial controversy
 8 except for lockouts, including concerted activity not authorized or
 9 sanctioned by the recognized or certified bargaining agent of the claim-
 10 ant, and other concerted activity conducted in violation of any existing
 11 collective bargaining agreement, in the establishment in which [he or
 12 she] such claimant was employed, except that benefit rights may be accu-
 13 mulated before the expiration of such [two] one week period beginning
 14 with the day after such strike or other industrial controversy was
 15 terminated.
 16 (b) Benefits shall not be suspended under this section if:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD07531-01-5

 A. 3654 2

 1 (i) The employer hires a permanent replacement worker for the employ-
 2 ee's position. A replacement worker shall be presumed to be permanent
 3 unless the employer certifies in writing that the employee will be able
 4 to return to [his or her] such employee's prior position upon conclusion
 5 of the strike, in the event the strike terminates prior to the conclu-
 6 sion of the employee's eligibility for benefit rights under this chap-
 7 ter. In the event the employer does not permit such return after such
 8 certification, the employee shall be entitled to recover any