The Families First Coronavirus Response Act includes a provision that provides emergency funding to the states to assist with the processing and payment of unemployment benefits. A condition of the emergency funding obligates states to require “employers to provide notification of the availability of unemployment compensation to employees at the time of separation from employment.” 

New York employers are reminded that they must fill out the top portion of this form and provide a copy to any employee who departs, is terminated, laid off or furloughed.

For more information about this alert, please contact Carolyn D. Richmond at crichmond@foxrothschild.com or 212.878.7983, Glenn S. Grindlinger at ggrindlinger@foxrothschild.com or 212.905.2305, or any member of the firm’s national Labor & Employment Department.