Senate Bill 848 Summary

• Allows individuals receiving reduced wages (25% or more reduction by employer) under a work share plan to receive unemployment benefits without being considered fully unemployed.

• Modifies weekly benefit rate calculations to use "is" instead of "shall be" for benefit years beginning October 1, 2000, and updates dependent allowance references from subdivision (3) to (4).

• Changes language throughout the section from future tense ("shall") to present tense ("is") for grammatical consistency in describing benefit eligibility and calculation rules.

• Updates federal statutory references to cite current United States Code sections (e.g., 26 USC instead of "26 U.S.C.") and improves clarity of references to the Michigan Administrative Code.

• Adds eligibility provisions for work share plan participants while maintaining all existing restrictions on benefits related to retirement income, educational employment, seasonal work, and alien status.