Archive - Unemployment Insurance Committee

Contact: Lev Ginsburg

Committee Updates

• June 29, 2010
  • Overview of proposed legislation
  • GPD#312 Unemployment Insurance Bill
  • GPD#312 Unemployment Insurance Memo in Opposition
• April 26, 2010
  
• Governor Seeking Benefit Increase, Trust Fund Solvency
• UI Committee to meet, May 13, 1:00 p.m. in Albany
  
  
• Expanding UI Eligibility Bills on Senate Labor Committee Agenda, 4/17/09
• Committee Update - February 24, 2009
  Federal Stimulus UI Law & Benefit Provisions
  Analysis & Next Steps
  

News

• Unemployment Insurance update: Another tax increase, June 30, 2010
• Fund Debt Fans Fears Of Spike In Taxes, June 24, 2010
• U.S. Adds 162,000 Jobs in March; Rate Remains 9.7%, April 2, 2010
• Business Council opposed to increases in unemployment benefit rates and increases in unemployment insurance taxable wage base, March 12, 2010
• Unemployment numbers, taxes and jobs, January 22, 2010
• UI a limit to compassion and job creation?, January 20, 2010

Legislative Memos
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• Governor’s Program Bill #312 , Opposed, Unemployment Insurance System Reform 6/30/10
• S.2245-B (Onorato) / A.4921-B (John), Oppose, Increases unemployment benefit rates; increases unemployment insurance taxable wage base, 3/16/10
• S.4110 (Onorato) Governor’s Program Bill #8, Oppose, Expanding unemployment benefits eligibility standards 4/20/09
• A.4920-A (John) / S.4053-A (Monserrate), Oppose, Increases unemployment benefit rates; increases unemployment insurance taxable wage base, 6/1/09

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