AZ HB2322

Amends Arizona Revised Statutes section 23-777 to clarify disqualification rules for unemployment benefits related to labor disputes and strikes.

Removes references to "lockout" from disqualification provisions, streamlining language to focus on labor disputes and strikes as the basis for benefit disqualification.

Maintains exemption allowing workers to receive benefits if they are not participating in, financing, or directly interested in the labor dispute or strike.

Clarifies that benefits paid during labor disputes cannot be used to increase employer contribution rates, and subsequent unemployment caused by the dispute (including replacement of workers) is not charged to base-period employers.

Defines "labor dispute" as having its ordinary meaning, existing regardless of whether a strike or work stoppage occurs or the number of individuals involved.