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AL HB611
Bill
Status
4/11/2013
Primary Sponsor
Barry Moore
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AI Summary
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Amends Alabama Code Section 25-4-78 to clarify that unemployment benefits are reduced by pension payments only if the pension plan is maintained or contributed to by a base period employer, 100 percent employer-financed, and not contributed to by the worker.
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Specifies that retroactively awarded pension payments constitute disqualification and require recovery of unemployment benefits paid during that period only if the pension plan meets the criteria of being maintained or contributed to by a base period employer, 100 percent employer-financed, and not worker-contributed.
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Applies these clarifications to both ongoing benefit reductions and retroactive pension payments to prevent individuals from receiving duplicate benefits.
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Becomes effective on the first day of the third month following passage and approval by the Governor.
Legislative Description
Labor, unemployment, unemployment compensation, amount of benefits payable reduced if individual receives or is eligible to receive pension payments from a plan maintained or contributed to solely by employer, retroactive pension payments considered disqualification if payments made from a plan maintained or contributed to solely by enployer, Sec, 25-4-78 am'd.
Labor
Last Action
Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on State Government
4/11/2013