HB 2884 Summary

• Removes the one-week waiting period requirement for unemployment insurance eligibility in Arizona.

• Increases the minimum job search requirement from four job contacts per week to three job contacts per week on different days.

• Adjusts the weekly benefit amount cap to be indexed to the average weekly wage of covered workers, increasing from 35% (2020-2021) to 55% (2023 and after) of the average weekly wage as reported by the U.S. Department of Labor.

• Changes the earnings disregard amount when calculating weekly unemployment benefits from $30 to $160 in wages per week.

• Reduces the wage requalification threshold for disqualifications from eight times the weekly benefit amount to five times the weekly benefit amount for refusing suitable work.