N.Y. Labor Law § 598: Effect of payments for failure to provide notice of a facility closure

§ 598. Effect of payments for failure to provide notice of a facility

closure. Payments to an employee under article twenty-five-a of this

chapter by an employer who has failed to provide the advance notice of a

facility closure required by such article or the federal Worker

Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (29 U.S.C. Sec. 1201 et seq.)

or amendments thereto, shall not be construed as remuneration under this

article. Unemployment insurance benefits may not be denied or reduced

because of the receipt of payments related to an employer's violation of

article twenty-five-a of this chapter or the federal Worker Adjustment

and Retraining Notification Act.