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IN HB1011
Bill
Status
1/5/2016
Primary Sponsor
Karlee Macer
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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 laying off workers, with affected employees receiving partial unemployment benefits.
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Requires employers to submit written work sharing plans to the Department of Workforce Development commissioner for approval, specifying affected units, reason for reduction, duration, and employee details.
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Defines eligible participants as employees continuously employed for at least 3 months working at least 30 normal weekly hours, with work hour reductions between 10-50% spread equally among affected employees.
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Calculates work sharing benefits as the employee's standard unemployment benefit reduced by the same percentage as the reduction in work hours, capped at 52 weeks per benefit year.
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Adds an exemption to unemployment disqualification rules for employees participating in approved work sharing plans and protects fringe benefits including health insurance, retirement plans, and paid leave.
Legislative Description
Work sharing unemployment benefit. Establishes a work sharing unemployment insurance program. Requires an employer 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 employee's unemployment benefit reduced by a percentage that is equivalent to the number of hours by which the employee's normal weekly work hours are reduced.
Last Action
Representative Bacon added as coauthor
1/11/2016