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IN HB1014
Bill
Status
1/5/2016
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 laying off workers during economic downturns.
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Requires employers to submit written work sharing plans to the Department of Workforce Development commissioner for approval, with plan must cover at least 10% of affected unit employees or a minimum of 2 employees.
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Limits work hour reductions to between 10% and 50% of normal weekly hours, which must be spread equally among all affected employees in the affected unit.
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Calculates work sharing benefits as a percentage of the employee's standard unemployment benefit equivalent to the percentage of hours reduced from normal weekly work hours.
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Protects affected employees by prohibiting reduction in fringe benefits (health insurance, retirement, vacation, sick leave) and exempting them from certain job search requirements while participating in the program.
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Program effective July 1, 2016, with provisions applying after June 30, 2017; work sharing benefits limited to 52 weeks per benefit period and cannot exceed total available unemployment benefits.
Legislative Description
Work sharing unemployment benefits. Establishes a work sharing unemployment insurance program. Requires an employer that desires 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
1/5/2016