CT HB06461

Effective October 1, 2017, changes the unemployment benefit calculation for construction workers from using the highest single quarter to using the average of the three highest quarters of wages, with a minimum of $50 (previously $15).

Effective October 1, 2017, changes the unemployment benefit calculation for non-construction workers from using the average of two highest quarters to using the average of three highest quarters of wages, with a minimum of $50 (previously $15).

Adds a provision prohibiting the maximum benefit rate from increasing in any benefit year commencing October 1, 2017 or later if the Unemployment Trust Fund balance results in an average high cost multiple below 0.7.

Removes language from the definition of remuneration that previously allowed severance or separation payments to be excluded if employees waived statutory or common law rights as a condition of receiving the payment.

Adds gender-neutral language ("or her") throughout the statute concerning unemployment benefits.