New York Labor Law Title 2 - DEFINITIONS

• 510 - Application of Definitions.
  Whenever used in this article, the terms defined in this title have the respective meanings set forth herein except where the context shows otherwise.
• 511 - Employment.
  1. General definition. "Employment" means (a) any service under any contract of employment for hire, express or implied, written, or oral and (b) any service...
• 512 - Employer.
  1. "Employer" includes the state of New York and other governmental entities and any Indian tribe as defined in section five hundred sixty-six of this...
• 513 - Fund.
  "Fund" means the unemployment insurance fund.
• 514 - Benefit.
  "Benefit" means an amount payable to a claimant for unemployment.
• 515 - Claimant.
  "Claimant" means any person seeking benefits for unemployment.
• 516 - Paid.
  The term "wages paid" or "remuneration paid" shall, for the purposes of this article, be deemed paid on the date such payments are made.
• 517 - Remuneration.
  1. Inclusions. "Remuneration" means every form of compensation for employment paid by an employer to his employee; whether paid directly or indirectly by the employer,...
• 518 - Wages.
  1. Limitation. (a) "Wages" means all remuneration paid, except that such term does not include remuneration paid to an employee by an employer after eight...
• 519 - Week.
  A "week" means seven consecutive days beginning with Monday.
• 520 - Base Period.
  A claimant's "base period" is one of the following: 1. For the purpose of subdivision one of section five hundred twenty-seven of this article, the...
• 521 - Benefit Year.
  A claimant's "benefit year" means the period of fifty-two consecutive weeks beginning with the first Monday after he files a valid original claim.
• 522 - Total Unemployment.
  "Total unemployment" means the total lack of any employment on any day. The term "employment" as used in this section means any employment including that...
• 523 - Effective Day.
  "Effective day" means a full day of total unemployment provided such day falls within a week in which a claimant had four or more days...
• 524 - Week of Employment.
  For purposes of this article, "week of employment" shall mean a Monday through Sunday period during which a claimant was paid remuneration for employment for...
• 527 - Valid Original Claim.
  1. Basic condition. "Valid original claim" is a claim filed by a claimant who meets the following qualifications: (a) is able to work, and available...
• 528 - Transitional Provisions.
  Remuneration used to establish a valid original claim prior to the first day of April, nineteen hundred ninety-nine may be used to establish a subsequent...
• 529 - Average Annual Wage; Average Weekly Wage.
  1. The "average annual wage" shall be the average annual wage of the state of New York for the previous calendar year as determined by...

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