New York S 9842: Relates to disqualification from receiving unemployment benefits when the claimant's employer maintained, refused or failed to cure a health or safety condition that made the environment unsuitable

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S09842 Summary:

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Relates to disqualification from receiving benefits for separation from employment in cases where the claimant's employer maintained or refused to cure a health or safety condition that made the environment unsuitable.

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04/07/2026REFERRED TO LABOR

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 9842

 IN SENATE

 April 7, 2026
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 Introduced by Sen. RAMOS -- 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 disqualification from
 receiving benefits for separation from employment in cases where the
 claimant's employer maintained or refused or failed to cure a health
 or safety condition that made the environment unsuitable

 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 593 of the labor law is amended by
 2 adding a new paragraph (d) to read as follows:
 3 (d) A claimant shall not be disqualified from receiving benefits for
 4 separation from employment where the claimant has left their employment
 5 because the employer maintained or refused or failed to cure a health or
 6 safety condition that made the environment unsuitable. The claimant has
 7 provided sufficient notification of the unsuitable condition if they
 8 notified the employer, if another employee notified the employer, or if
 9 the employer had or should have had reason to know that the condition
 10 made the work environment unsuitable. It is sufficient but not necessary
 11 to show unsuitability that the working conditions were inconsistent with
 12 laws, rules, policies, orders, or guidance of any governmental agency on
 13 suitable working conditions.
 14 § 2. Paragraph (e) of subdivision 2 of section 593 of the labor law,
 15 as amended by chapter 35 of the laws of 2009, is amended to read as
 16 follows:
 17 (e) the claimant is seeking part-time work as provided in subdivision
 18 five of section five hundred ninety-six of this title and the offer of
 19 employment is not comparable to [his or her] the claimant's part-time
 20 work as defined in such subdivision; or
 21 (f) the offer is to work under conditions that are unsuitable, includ-
 22 ing conditions that are inconsistent with laws, rules, policies, orders,
 23 or guidance of any governmental agency on suitable working conditions.
 24 § 3. Subdivision 3 of section 593 of the labor law, as amended by
 25 chapter 277 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read as follows:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD08146-01-5

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 1 3. Misconduct. No days of total unemployment shall be deemed to occur
 2 after a claimant lost employment through misconduct in connection with
 3 [his or her] the claimant's employment until [he or she] the claimant
 4 has subsequently worked in employment and earned remuneration at least
 5 equal to ten times [his or her] the claimant's weekly benefit rate. A
 6 claimant who was fired because they did not report to work or left work
 7 before the end of their scheduled shift or refused to perform an
 8 assigned task, in response to the employer refusing or failing to cure a
 9 health or safety condition that made the environment unsuitable, has not
 10 lost their employment due to misconduct. Such claimant has also not
 11 quit their job voluntarily and without good cause. The claimant provided
 12 sufficient notification of the unsuitable condition if they notified the
 13 employer, if another employee notified the employer, or if the employer
 14 had or should have had reason to know that the condition made the work
 15 environment unsuitable. It is sufficient but not necessary to show
 16 unsuitability that the working conditions were inconsistent with laws,
 17 rules, policies, orders, or guidance of any governmental agency on suit-
 18 able work