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IN HB1066
Bill
Status
1/6/2015
Primary Sponsor
David Ober
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AI Summary
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Establishes a work sharing unemployment insurance program allowing employers to reduce employee work hours instead of layoffs, with affected employees receiving partial unemployment benefits.
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Requires employers to submit written work sharing plans to the commissioner for approval, with plans effective for no more than 12 months and covering at least 10% of employees or 2 employees minimum.
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Limits normal weekly work hour reductions to between 10% and 50%, which must be applied equally to all affected employees in the unit.
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Calculates work sharing benefits as a percentage of the regular unemployment benefit amount equal to the percentage of hours reduced from normal weekly work hours.
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Makes the program effective July 1, 2015, with participation restricted to employers in good standing who are not delinquent on unemployment insurance contributions.
Legislative Description
Work sharing unemployment benefits. Establishes a work sharing unemployment insurance program. Requires an employer that wishes to participate in the work sharing unemployment insurance program to submit a work sharing plan for approval by the commissioner of the department of workforce development. Establishes the work sharing benefit as equal to an affected employee's unemployment benefit reduced by a percentage that is equivalent to the number of hours by which an affected employee's normal weekly work hours are reduced divided by the employer's number of normal weekly work hours.
Last Action
First Reading: referred to Committee on Employment, Labor and Pensions
1/6/2015