10-A - Domestic violence policy.
§ 10-a. Domestic violence policy. The commissioner shall study the issue of employees separated from employment due to acts of domestic violence as referred to in and qualified by section four hundred fifty-nine-a of the social services law. The commissioner shall consult with the New York state office for the prevention of domestic violence and its advisory council, the department of social services, the division of women and members of the public in preparing such study. Such study shall include a review of case histories in which unemployment compensation was sought and an analysis of the policies in other states. A copy of such study shall be transmitted to the temporary president of the senate and the speaker of the assembly on or before January fifteenth, nineteen hundred ninety-six and shall contain policy recommendations.