CT HB05480

Adds gender-neutral language ("or her") to unemployment benefit calculation provisions for construction workers and other individuals.

Modifies maximum benefit rates effective October 1, 2018: establishes a minimum of $50 per week and caps maximum at 60% of average state wages, with a freeze on increases if the Unemployment Trust Fund balance falls below a 0.7 average high cost multiple.

Removes language requiring employees to waive statutory or common law rights as a condition for receiving severance or separation payments in unemployment benefit calculations.

Changes the definition of "separate instance" of unauthorized absence from "one day or two consecutive days" to "one day" for purposes of determining willful misconduct in unemployment disqualification.

Updates the definition of "health care provider" to explicitly include advanced practice registered nurses, nurse practitioners, nurse midwives, clinical social workers, and practitioners licensed in countries other than the United States.