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OH HB305
Bill
Status
8/3/2011
Primary Sponsor
Barbara Boyd
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AI Summary
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Prohibits denying regular unemployment benefits to claimants solely because they seek only part-time work, defining part-time as either willingness to work at least 20 hours per week or availability for hours comparable to their most recent employment.
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Creates training extension benefits for claimants who exhaust regular and extended benefits and are enrolled in approved training programs for high-demand occupations, with benefits charged to the mutualized account rather than individual employers.
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Establishes the Unemployment Modernization Review Committee with three House and three Senate members to assess whether these unemployment compensation changes are sustainable after federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funding expires.
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Appropriates $3,000,000 in fiscal year 2011 from federal unemployment programs to administer benefits for eligible part-time workers and persons entering training programs under these new provisions.
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Amends existing unemployment compensation law regarding nonprofit organization contributions and contribution rate schedules while maintaining eligibility requirements for work availability and active job seeking.
Legislative Description
To prohibit disqualifying an individual from receiving unemployment compensation benefits solely because that individual is seeking only part-time employment, to allow an individual to receive training extension benefits under specified conditions, to create the Unemployment Modernization Review Committee, and to make an appropriation.
Unemployment comp-training extension/seek part-time work/modernization committee
Last Action
To Commerce and Labor
8/3/2011