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MS SB2654
Bill
Status
2/1/2011
Primary Sponsor
Videt Carmichael
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AI Summary
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Amends Section 71-5-513 of Mississippi Code to allow individuals to leave employment without disqualification from unemployment benefits when accompanying a spouse on active duty who has been reassigned to a different military assignment.
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Establishes that leaving an employer to accompany a reassigned military spouse constitutes "good cause" for voluntary departure and does not trigger the standard eight-times weekly benefit amount earning requirement for disqualification.
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Specifies that the employer's account shall not be charged for benefits paid to individuals who leave under this military reassignment provision.
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Effective date is July 1, 2011.
Legislative Description
Unemployment compensation; allow benefits for individuals who relocate due to service orders of military spouse.
Last Action
Died In Committee
2/1/2011