NY Lab L § 536 (2021)
2021 New York Laws LAB - Labor Article 18 - Unemployment Insurance Law Title 3 - Administration 536 - Collaboration With Other States, the United States, and Foreign Governments.

§ 536. Collaboration with other states, the United States, and foreign governments.    1. Cooperation.   The commissioner may afford reasonable cooperation with every agency of the  United  States  charged  with  the administration of any unemployment compensation law.   2.  Agreements.  (a)  The  commissioner  is  authorized  to enter into agreements with the appropriate agencies of other states or  the  United States  whereby  rights  to  benefits accumulated under the unemployment compensation laws of the several states or  of  the  United  States,  or both,  may  constitute the basis for the payment of benefits under terms which the commissioner finds will be  fair  and  reasonable  as  to  all affected  interests  and  will not result in any substantial loss to the fund.  (b) (1) The commissioner is authorized to enter into arrangements with the appropriate agencies of other states or of  the  United  States  (i) whereby  remuneration or services, upon the basis of which an individual may become entitled to  unemployment  benefits  under  the  unemployment compensation  law  of  another  state  or  of the United States shall be deemed to be remuneration and weeks of employment for  the  purposes  of this  article,  provided  such  other agency has agreed to reimburse the unemployment insurance fund for such portion of benefits paid under this article  upon  the  basis  of  such  remuneration  or  services  as  the commissioner  finds  will  be  fair  and  reasonable  as to all affected interests,  and  (ii)  whereby  the  commissioner  will  reimburse  such agencies  with  such  reasonable  portion of unemployment benefits, paid under the laws of any such other states or of the United States upon the basis of employment or remuneration paid by employers for employment, as the commissioner finds will be fair and reasonable as  to  all  affected interests.  Reimbursements  so  payable shall be deemed benefits for the purpose of this article. The commissioner is hereby authorized  to  make reimbursements  from  the fund to such agencies and to receive from them reimbursements to the fund, in accordance with arrangements pursuant  to this section.  (2)  The  commissioner  shall  participate in any arrangements for the payment of benefits on the basis of combining a claimant's  remuneration and  services  covered  under  this article with those covered under the laws of other states which are approved by the secretary of labor of the United States as provided in the federal unemployment tax act. The terms of any such arrangements shall be deemed to comply  with  the  foregoing provisions of this paragraph.  (c) The commissioner is authorized to enter into reciprocal agreements with  the  appropriate agencies of other states in regard to services on vessels engaged in interstate or foreign commerce whereby such  services for  a  single  employer,  wherever performed, shall be deemed performed within this state or within any such other state.  (d) The commissioner is authorized to enter into reciprocal agreements with appropriate agencies of other states or of the United States, under terms which he finds will be fair and  reasonable  as  to  all  affected interests,  (1)  whereby employer contributions erroneously paid to this state, or such other states or the United States  because  of  the  bona fide  belief  that  all  or some of the employees were covered under the unemployment insurance laws of this state, or of such other states or of the United States, may be repaid  or  transferred  to  the  unemployment insurance  fund  of  that  state or of the United States under whose law such contributions were actually due,  (2)  whereby  such  contributions upon  repayment  or transfer to the unemployment insurance fund shall be deemed to have been paid as of the dates payments thereof were  made  to the  transferring agency, (3) permitting such repayments or transfers by this state without regard to the time limitations  governing  refund  of  contributions  contained  in  section  five hundred seventy, subdivision five.  Such agreements may also provide for  the  reimbursement  to  the unemployment  insurance  fund of the transferring agency of all benefits which  were  paid on the basis of employment for which the contributions transferred were paid in error. Any such reimbursement  of  benefits  by this  state in accordance herewith shall be deemed benefits paid for the purposes of and pursuant to the provisions of this  article  as  of  the dates of payment of such benefits by the transferring agency.   *  (e)  The commissioner is authorized to enter into an agreement with the appropriate agency of the United States, whereby, in accordance with a law of the United States (i) the commissioner shall, as agent  of  the United  States,  provide  for  the  payment  of  additional  benefits to claimants whose rights as provided under title  seven  of  this  article have  been  exhausted,  or  (ii)  the  state  shall  be  reimbursed  for additional benefits paid pursuant to title eleven of this  article.  The commissioner is hereby authorized to receive and disburse funds from the United States, or any appropriate agency thereof, in accordance with any such agreement.   * NB Expired September 1, 1963   3.  Investigations  and  information. The commissioner is empowered to make investigations and secure information as requested by the agency of any state, of the federal  government,  or  of  any  foreign  government charged  with the administration of any unemployment compensation law or any public employment service law as he deems necessary  or  appropriate to  facilitate  the  administration  of such law by such agency and may, notwithstanding the provisions of section five hundred  thirty-seven  of this  article,  transmit  the  results  of  such investigations and such information to such  agency.  For  this  purpose,  the  commissioner  is empowered  to make available services and facilities and to exercise the other powers provided in this article with respect to the administration thereof. The commissioner is  further  empowered  to  request  any  such agency, or the officers or employees of any such agency, to undertake on his  behalf  any  investigation  and to secure information needed in the administration of this article and to accept  and  utilize  information, services,  and  facilities  made  available  to  this  state by any such agency.   4.  Manpower  training.  The  commissioner  is  hereby  authorized  to participate  in  the  federal  manpower  development and training act of nineteen hundred sixty-two as amended and may  approve  for  expenditure from available funds such sums as may be required to enable the state to carry out the purposes of such act.