|
Alaska
HB 7
and
SB 136 |
Relates to the calculation and payment of unemployment compensation benefits. |
To House Committee On Rules, 4/25/05 |
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California
AB 391 |
Allows an otherwise eligible locked-out worker to receive unemployment compensation benefits, even if the worker is locked out as a result of a trade dispute with the worker's employer. |
From Senate Committee On Labor And Industrial Relations: Do Pass To Committee On Appropriations, 6/22/05 |
|
AB 1734 |
Relates to unemployment compensation benefits and alternative definitions of base period for claims filed for which a valid claim or benefit year cannot be established under the currently defined base period. |
In Senate Committee On Labor And Industrial Relations: Not Heard, 6/22/05 |
|
SB 382 |
Excludes from the definition of employment for purposes of unemployment insurance coverage, services provided by a musician employed by a symphony or classical orchestra. |
Re-Referred To Senate Committee On Labor And Industrial Relations, 3/31/05 |
|
Colorado
HB 1105 |
Allows a person who has quit a job due to domestic abuse to be considered for unemployment benefits if the person can provide evidence of domestic abuse. |
Session Law Chaptered. Chapter No. 87, 4/20/05 |
|
HB 1239 |
Allows employee to receive unemployment benefits if lockout is due to the employer. |
Vetoed By Governor, 5/25/05 |
|
Connecticut HB 5753 |
Concerns eliminating social security offsets under the Unemployment Compensation Act; eliminates the Social Security benefit offset for individuals receiving unemployment compensation. |
Failed Joint Favorable Deadline, 3/29/05 |
|
HB 5756 |
Allows unemployed individuals to collect full unemployment compensation benefits while receiving Social Security benefits. |
Failed Joint Favorable Deadline, 3/29/05 |
|
HB 6292 |
Denies unemployment compensation benefits to individuals unable to work because of a violation of the law. |
Failed Joint Favorable Deadline, 3/29/05 |
|
HB 6650 |
Clarifies the exemption of certain newspaper distributors from the unemployment compensation law. |
Failed Joint Favorable Deadline, 3/29/05 |
|
HB 6751 |
Extends the use of the alternative base period for computation of unemployment compensation benefits for a specified period. |
Public Act No. 34, 5/17/05 |
|
SB 280 |
Prohibits charging the payment of unemployment compensation benefits to an employer where a terminated employee is subsequently terminated by a second employer and paid unemployment compensation benefits. |
Failed Joint Favorable Deadline, 3/29/05 |
|
SB 1211 |
Denies unemployment compensation benefits to individuals unable to work solely because of a violation of the law |
Failed Joint Favorable Deadline, 3/29/05 |
|
Hawaii
HB 703
and
SB 812 |
Simplifies the method for the reduction of unemployment benefits paid to an individual who is receiving a pension or other type of retirement income. |
To House Committee On Labor And Public Employment, 1/27/05 |
|
HB 1135
and
SB 1578 |
Encourages eligible claimants of unemployment insurance to seek gainful employment by permitting claimants to receive their weekly benefit amount without regard to earnings received from employment. |
To House Committee On Labor And Public Employment, 1/31/05 |
|
HB 1264 |
Provides that weekly unemployment benefit payments shall not be reduced as a result of the receipt of pension payments under the Social Security Act or Railroad Retirement Act of 1974. |
To House Committee On Labor And Public Employment, 1/31/05 |
|
HB 1758 |
Provides that weekly unemployment benefit payments shall not be reduced as a result of the receipt of pension payments under the Social Security Act or Railroad Retirement Act of 1974. |
Act No. 106, 6/7/05 |
|
SB 416 |
Provides that an owner-employee of a corporation or a member of a limited liability company owing a distributed interest of at least fifty per cent may collect unemployment benefits in circumstances where "voluntary" closure of a business is necessary. |
To Senate Committee On Labor, 1/27/05 |
|
SB 424 |
Provides that weekly unemployment benefit payments shall not be reduced as a result of the receipt of pension payments under the Social Security Act or Railroad Retirement Act of 1974. |
To House Committee On Labor And Public Employment, 3/10/05 |
|
Illinois
HB 461 |
Provides that none of the amount received by an individual as primary social security for old age and disability retirement benefits shall constitute disqualifying income as regards unemployment insurance. |
Rereferred To House Committee On Rules, 4/15/05 |
|
HB 2109
HB 2111
HB 2124
HB 2125
HB 2128
HB 2129
HB 2130
HB 2131
HB 2132
HB 2333
HB 3000
HB 3001
SB 103
SB 551
SB 1278
SB 1280
SB 1286
SB 1760 |
All bills make technical changes in sections concerning definitions for purposes of unemployment insurance. |
Rereferred To House Committee On Rules, 3/10/05 |
|
HB 2440 |
Provides that an individual is not ineligible for benefits solely because his or her unemployment is due to a stoppage of work because of a labor dispute where he or she is or was last employed; provides that the disqualifications based on voluntary leaving and refusal of work do not apply to an individual whose unemployment is due to a stoppage of work because of a labor dispute. |
Re-referred To House Committee On Rules, 3/10/05 |
|
HB 2448 |
Amends the Unemployment Insurance Act. Provides that none of the amount received by an individual as primary social security old age and disability retirement benefits shall constitute disqualifying income. |
Re-referred To House Committee On Rules, 3/10/05 |
|
HB 3783
and
SB 2042 |
Deletes existing provisions of the Unemployment Insurance Act regarding the eligibility of certain academic and other personnel between academic years and during vacation periods. Inserts language providing that an individual is ineligible for benefits on the basis of wages for services in an instructional, research, or principal administrative capacity performed for an educational institution. |
Re-referred To House Committee On Rules, 3/10/05
Re-referred To Senate Committee On Rules, 3/10/05 |
|
SB 247 |
Provides that an individual is ineligible for unemployment benefits on the basis of wages for service for a municipality as a school crossing guard between 2 successive academic years or terms or during a vacation period or holiday recess if the individual performed the service in the first of the academic years or terms or before the vacation period or holiday recess. |
To Senate Committee On Rules, 2/3/05 |
|
Indiana
SB 6 |
Eliminates the waiting period for unemployment benefits. |
To Senate Committee On Pensions And Labor, 1/4/05 |
|
SB 85 |
Reduces the qualifying period for unemployment benefits to four weeks; allows a person who takes a better job and is discharged without just cause to remain eligible for unemployment benefits |
To Senate Committee On Pensions And Labor, 1/4/05 |
|
Louisiana
HB 482 |
Allows fluctuation of unemployment benefits based on balance of state unemployment trust fund. |
To Governor, 6/17/05 |
|
HB 610 |
Provides unemployment compensation benefits to victims of domestic abuse. |
To House Committee On Labor And Industrial Relations, 4/25/05 |
|
SB 95 |
Excludes inmates in custodial or penal institutions from the receipt of unemployment benefits during periods of incarceration. |
Act No. 111, 6/21/05 |
|
SB 352 |
Exempts employers from paying unemployment compensation contributions on wages earned by part time workers who are full time students at postsecondary institutions. |
To Senate Committee On Labor And Industrial Relations, 5/4/05 |
|
HCR 170 |
Creates the Unemployment Compensation for Domestic Abuse Victims Task Force. |
Passed Senate, 6/17/05 |
|
Maine
HB 233 |
Removes the sunset on the expansion of unemployment benefit eligibility to workers who have a primary history of part-time work, who are laid off and are only able and available for comparable part-time work. |
Signed by Governor, 6/24/05 |
|
HB 280 |
Grants the Commissioner the authority to negotiate settlements waiving or restructuring the repayment of all or any portion of erroneously paid unemployment benefits. |
Senate Adopts Majority Committee Report: Ought Not To Pass, 3/8/05 |
|
HB 308 |
Makes a food service worker in a public school eligible to collect unemployment benefits in between 2 academic years. |
Senate Adopts Majority Committee Report: Ought Not To Pass, 4/12/05 |
|
HB 365 |
Eliminates the pension offset against unemployment benefits for persons who receive Social Security or any other pension or plan to which the individual made at least 50% of the contributions. |
Senate Adopts Majority Committee Report: Ought Not To Pass, 6/8/05 |
|
HB 936 |
Makes a bus driver or janitorial staff worker in a public school eligible to collect unemployment benefits in between 2 academic years. |
Senate Adopts Majority Committee Report: Ought Not To Pass, 5/5/05 |
|
HB 961 |
Concerns seasonal employment layoffs. Regards work search requirement for unemployment benefits and recall notices. |
Senate Adopts Majority Committee Report: Ought Not To Pass, 5/3/05 |
|
HB 983 |
Provides that wages paid to election officials and election workers do not have to be reported for purposes of the laws governing unemployment compensation until they exceed $ 1,000. |
Public Law No. 119, 5/18/05 |
|
SB 62 |
Establishes a new wage base for the unemployment compensation system that will apply to wages beginning on January 1, 2006. |
House adopts Majority Committee Report: Ought not to pass, 3/2/05 |
|
SB 181 |
Applies workers' compensation awards to unemployment benefits. |
Senate Adopts Majority Committee Report: Ought Not To Pass, 5/9/05 |
|
L.R. 53 |
LD 423- Allows food service workers for public schools to collect unemployment benefits |
Introduced, 1/3/05 |
|
L.R. 175 |
LD 378- Authorizes the commissioner of labor to negotiate settlements in cases of overpayment of unemployment compensation |
Introduced, 1/3/05 |
|
L.R. 334 |
LD 1419- Concerns the Board of Arbitration membership compensation; concerns unemployment compensation provision application. |
Introduced, 3/22/05 |
|
L.R. 335 |
LD 145- Permits an individual to file an appeal to the Maine Unemployment Insurance Commission if there is disagreement with a decision rendered by the Division of Administrative Hearings. |
Introduced, 1/13/05 |
|
L.R. 438 |
LD 573- Applies workers' compensation awards to unemployment benefits. |
Introduced, 1/3/05 |
|
L.R. 581 |
LD 309- Removes the sunset on the expansion of unemployment benefit eligibility to workers who have a primary history of part-time work, who are laid off and are only able and available for comparable part-time work. |
Introduced, 1/19/05 |
|
L.R. 702 |
LD 490- Eliminates the Social Security offset for unemployment benefits. |
Introduced, 2/1/05 |
|
L.R. 784 |
Repeals unemployment benefits for certain part-time employees. |
Introduced, 1/3/05 |
|
L.R. 1145 |
LD 156- Adjusts the wage base for the unemployment compensation system. |
Introduced, 1/3/05 |
|
L.R. 2047 |
Makes changes to laws governing collection of erroneous payments of unemployment compensation. |
Introduced, 1/3/05 |
|
Maryland
HB 81
and
SB 28 |
Establishes that work performed by specified travel agents is not covered employment for the purposes of unemployment insurance; authorizes specified wages that are paid for work performed by specified travel agents through a specified date to be used in determining monetary eligibility for unemployment insurance benefits. |
To House Committee On Economic Matters, 1/13/05 |
|
HB 798 |
Alters the unemployment insurance charging and taxation system; alters the standard rate of contribution; increases the maximum weekly unemployment insurance benefit amount. |
Vetoed By Governor, 5/26/05 |
|
SB 670 |
Provides that under specified circumstances, work performed by specified nurses and certified nursing assistants referred by a nursing referral service agency or a nursing staff agency is not covered employment for purposes of unemployment insurance. |
From Senate Committee On Finance: Reported Unfavorably, 3/8/05 |
|
SB 703 |
Increases the maximum weekly unemployment insurance benefit amount; increases the amount of wages used to compute a claimant's weekly benefit amount for partial benefits. |
Chapter No. 169, 4/26/05 |
|
SB 719 |
Clarifies that work performed by specified owner operators of Class F (tractor) and Class E (truck) vehicles is not covered employment for the purposes of unemployment insurance |
Chapter No. 506, 5/26/05 |
|
SB 983 |
Provides that an individual who is otherwise eligible for specified unemployment insurance benefits may receive the benefits, and the benefits may not be reduced under specified provisions of State unemployment insurance law, for each week that the Secretary of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation finds that the individual receives or is eligible to receive military disability severance payments. |
Chapter No. 187, 4/26/05 |
|
Massachusetts
HB 3119 |
H.D. 924- Relates to unemployment insurance for certain employees. |
In Joint Committee On Labor And Workforce Development: Heard. Eligible For Executive Session, 6/22/05 |
|
HB 3758 |
Relates to the payment of unemployment benefits to certain municipal employees. |
In Joint Committee On Labor And Workforce Development: Heard. Eligible For Executive Session, 6/22/05 |
|
HB 3759 |
H.D. 249- Relates to unemployment benefits. |
In Joint Committee On Labor And Workforce Development: Heard. Eligible For Executive Session, 6/22/05 |
|
HB 3760 |
H.D. 332- Relates to notification of eligibility for unemployment benefits |
In Joint Committee On Labor And Workforce Development: Heard. Eligible For Executive Session, 6/22/05 |
|
HB 3780 |
H.D. 1765- Excludes Social Security benefits in the computation of unemployment benefits. |
In Joint Committee On Labor And Workforce Development: Heard. Eligible For Executive Session, 6/22/05 |
|
HB 3787 |
H.D. 2097- Includes employees of churches and other religious organizations under the laws governing unemployment compensation. |
In Joint Committee On Labor And Workforce Development: Heard. Eligible For Executive Session, 6/22/05 |
|
HB 3789 |
Relates to unemployment benefits in severance and retirement agreements. |
In Joint Committee On Labor And Workforce Development: Heard. Eligible For Executive Session, 6/22/05 |
|
HB 3794 |
H.D. 2348- Relates to unemployment insurance for workers seeking part-time work. |
In Joint Committee On Labor And Workforce Development: Heard. Eligible For Executive Session, 6/22/05 |
|
HB 3795 |
H.D. 2349- Relates to the unemployment benefits for certain temporary employees. |
In Joint Committee On Labor And Workforce Development: Heard. Eligible For Executive Session, 6/22/05 |
|
HB 3798 |
H.D. 2587- Provides persons employed at corporations which made contributions to the unemployment compensation fund, in the manner required by this chapter and who worked for a period of time for which they elected to receive no salary, wages, or bonuses, their base period shall be the 4 completed calendar quarters immediately preceding the first day of working without compensation. |
In Joint Committee On Labor And Workforce Development: Heard. Eligible For Executive Session, 6/22/05 |
|
HB 3801 |
H.D. 2706- Relates to the unemployment insurance system. |
In Joint Committee On Labor And Workforce Development: Heard. Eligible For Executive Session, 6/22/05 |
|
HB 3820 |
H.D. 534- Relates to the payment of unemployment benefits to certain municipal employees. |
In Joint Committee On Labor And Workforce Development: Heard. Eligible For Executive Session, 6/22/05 |
|
HB 3943 |
H.D. 3746- Relates to unemployment insurance for persons holding more than one job. |
In Joint Committee On Labor And Workforce Development: Heard. Eligible For Executive Session, 6/22/05 |
|
SB 1082 |
S.D. 1258- Relates to unemployment insurance reform. |
In Joint Committee On Labor And Workforce Development: Heard. Eligible For Executive Session, 6/22/05 |
|
SB 1085 |
S.D. 945- Regulates unemployment compensation benefits. |
In Joint Committee On Labor And Workforce Development: Heard. Eligible For Executive Session, 6/22/05 |
|
SB 1102 |
Relates to unemployment insurance law for workers in temporary jobs. |
In Joint Committee On Labor And Workforce Development: Heard. Eligible For Executive Session, 6/22/05 |
|
SB 1115 |
S.D. 771- Relates to workers who re-qualify for unemployment insurance. |
In Joint Committee On Labor And Workforce Development: Heard. Eligible For Executive Session, 6/22/05 |
|
SB 1132 |
Relates to unemployment insurance for workers with multiple jobs. |
In Joint Committee On Labor And Workforce Development: Heard. Eligible For Executive Session, 6/22/05 |
|
SB 1137 |
Relates to the calculation of average weekly wage in determining unemployment insurance eligibility. |
In Joint Committee On Labor And Workforce Development: Heard. Eligible For Executive Session, 6/22/05 |
|
H.D. 2656 |
Relates to unemployment compensation for certain corporate officers. |
Assigned House Bill No. 478, 1/5/05 |
|
H.D. 4312 |
Relates to unemployment insurance. |
Assigned House Bill No. 604, 3/7/05 |
|
Michigan
HB 4463 |
Increases weekly unemployment benefit rate and increase base period wage calculation. |
To House Committee On Employment Relations, Training And Safety, 3/7/05 |
|
SB 185 |
Increases length of time to receive unemployment benefits |
To Senate Committee On Commerce And Labor, 2/10/05 |
|
Minnesota
HB 400
and
SB 546 |
Relates to unemployment insurance; makes an eligibility exception permanent for food service workers of an employer who contracts with an elementary or secondary school. |
Filed With Secretary Of State. Chapter No. 115, 5/26/05 |
|
HB 1745
and
SB 2324 |
Eliminates the one-week waiting period from the eligibility requirements for benefits. |
To House Committee On Commerce And Financial Institutions, 3/14/05 |
|
Mississippi
HB 453 |
Clarifies eligibility for employees of temporary help contracting firm. |
Died In Committee, 2/1/05 |
|
HB 461 |
Provides unemployment insurance to employees who leave work due to domestic violence. |
Died In Committee, 2/1/05 |
|
HB 463 |
Exempts required coverage for independent service providers for funeral homes. |
Died In Committee, 2/1/05 |
|
HB 964 |
Conforms to federal law certain employer transfers of experience and rates. |
Died In Committee, 2/1/05 |
|
HB 965 |
Reduces rates for certain employers and imposes workforce training assessment (MDES). |
Died In Committee, 2/1/05 |
|
HB 1314 |
Clarifies eligibility for employees of temporary help contracting firm. |
Died In Committee, 2/1/05 |
|
HB 1319
and
SB 2207 |
Eliminates week's waiting period for eligibility. |
Died In Committee, 2/1/05 |
|
HB 1540 |
Increases benefits over next four years. |
Died In Committee, 2/1/05 |
|
HB 1549 |
Revises provision for when an employer must apply for refund. |
Died In Committee, 2/1/05 |
|
HB 1684 |
Reduces unemployment compensation contribution rates. |
Died In Committee, 2/23/05 |
|
SB 2480 |
Provides for a reduction in the unemployment compensation contribution rate for certain employers. Provides for a workforce training enhancement contribution for certain employers subject to the Unemployment Compensation Law. |
Signed By Governor, 3/23/05 |
|
Missouri
HB 519 |
Modifies unemployment insurance provisions. |
In Joint Committee On Labor And Workforce Development: Heard. Eligible For Executive Session, 4/18/05 |
|
HB 533 |
Relates to unemployment compensation for successor employer liabilities. |
In Joint Committee On Labor And Workforce Development: Heard. Eligible For Executive Session, 4/11/05 |
|
SB 34 |
Amends the definition of employer and employment as it pertains to unemployment compensation. |
Combined with SB 163 and SB 34, 2/16/05 |
|
SB 163 |
Amends various provisions regarding unemployment compensation. |
Combined with SB 163 and SB 34, 2/16/05 |
|
Montana
HB 400 |
Increases minimum weekly unemployment benefit. |
Chaptered. Chapter No. 92, 3/24/05 |
|
HB 567 |
Allows unemployment benefits for quitting due to sexual assault or stalking. |
Chaptered. Chapter No. 187, 4/7/05 |
|
D. 24 |
Concerns unemployment benefits for non-certified school employees during closures. |
Assigned House Bill No. 237, 1/6/05 |
|
D. 174 |
Clarifies transfer of unemployment insurance. |
Assigned House Bill No. 158, 12/27/04 |
|
D. 1099 |
Revises unemployment benefits. |
Filed, 1/2/05 |
|
New Hampshire
HB 137 |
Deletes the requirement that an individual seek full-time employment to qualify for unemployment compensation benefits. |
Committee Report Adopted On House Floor, 3/30/05 |
|
HB 170 |
Makes various changes to laws on unemployment compensation administered by the department of employment security including mass layoff, appeals of benefits determinations, and transfers of businesses by employers. |
Passed Senate, 6/9/05 |
|
L.S.R. 820 |
Relates to information requests involving unemployment compensation. |
Withdrawn From Further Consideration, 1/26/05 |
|
New Jersey
SB 2264
and
AB 4020 |
Permits unemployment benefits for workers "locked-out" by their employers. |
To Governor, 6/20/05 |
|
SB 2338
and
AB 3844 |
Concerns unemployment benefits for certain employees who participate in an early retirement incentive program. |
To Assembly Committee On Labor, 3/14/05 |
|
SB 2341
and
AB 3811 |
Concerns unemployment benefits for temporary help service firm employees. |
From Senate Committee On Labor, 2/28/05 |
|
New Mexico
HB 9 |
Relates to unemployment compensation changes. |
Chaptered. Chapter No. 3, 2/8/05 |
|
New York
AB 1300 |
States that the accumulation of a claimant's rights to unemployment insurance benefits (due to a strike) will be suspended only in the event that such claimant is part of such a strike. |
To Assembly Committee On Labor, 1/19/05 |
|
AB 1302 |
Provides that otherwise applicable waiting periods for the accumulation of unemployment benefit rights in certain industrial controversy situations do not apply to employer-hired permanent or temporary replacement workers |
To Assembly Committee On Labor, 1/19/05 |
|
AB 1304
and
SB 2290,
SB 5130 |
Makes provisions of unemployment insurance law applicable to farm laborers. |
To Assembly Committee On Labor, 1/19/05 |
|
AB 2317 |
Excludes the services of a commissioned outside sales representative for a travel agency from the definition of "employment" for the purposes of unemployment benefits. |
To Assembly Committee On Labor, 1/25/05 |
|
AB 2588 |
Directs the Commissioner of Labor, in consultation with the Superintendent of Insurance, to study the feasibility of developing and implementing an insurance plan funded through payroll deductions to provide benefits to unemployment persons upon the expiration of unemployment benefits. |
To Assembly Committee On Labor, 1/27/05 |
|
AB 2746 |
Provides that an employer's account for unemployment insurance coverage shall not be charged when an employee quits without good cause regardless of weather the former employee has filed and been disqualified for benefits and later files and qualifies for unemployment insurance based on subsequent employment. |
To Assembly Committee On Ways And Means, 1/31/05 |
|
AB 3295 |
Creates a cause of an action for damages by any contractor, subcontractor or employee thereof, whose bid on a public works contract was rejected, against the contractor or subcontractor whose bid was accepted in lieu thereof and who knowingly fails to provide unemployment workers' compensation and disability benefits. |
To Assembly Committee On Labor, 2/1/05 |
|
AB 3349 |
Authorizes the Commissioner of Labor to waive penalties for employers of professional performers in the performing arts or services arising from the non-payment of unemployment insurance contributions under certain conditions. |
To Assembly Committee On Labor, 2/1/05 |
|
AB 3409 |
Allows a part-time employee to be eligible for unemployment insurance if such claimant earns an annual salary or renumeration equal to or less than fifteen thousand dollars for such part-time employment. |
To Assembly Committee On Labor, 2/2/05 |
|
AB 3643 |
Repeals provision of law relating to limiting the unemployment insurance benefits which a non-professional employee of an educational institution may receive during vacation periods. |
To Assembly Committee On Labor, 2/3/05 |
|
AB 3696 |
Extends unemployment insurance coverage to non-tenured policymaking or advisory positions where such person has been continuously employed in government for a period of ten years or more. |
To Assembly Committee On Labor, 2/4/05 |
|
AB 4342 |
Provides for the preservation of a claimant's eligibility for unemployment insurance benefits while the claimant is studying to become a certified teacher or a registered professional nurse in a training program that does not take more than 48 months to complete. |
To Assembly Committee On Labor, 2/9/05 |
|
AB 4350 |
Provides that a losing bidder on a construction project may sue a winning bidder for damages if the winning bidder misclassifies an employee as an independent contractor for purposes of compliance with unemployment insurance or workers' compensation law. |
Amended In Assembly Committee On Labor, 4/20/05 |
|
AB 4479 |
Authorizes the payment of unemployment insurance benefits to a former employee whose employment has been terminated, through no fault of his own, even though such employee is receiving accrued vacation and holiday pay. |
To Assembly Committee On Labor, 2/10/05 |
|
AB 4727
and
SB 3471 |
Makes public school teachers and certain other employees of educational service agencies eligible for unemployment benefits during the months of July and August. |
To Assembly Committee On Labor, 2/14/05 |
|
AB 4942 |
Exempts an employer from paying into the Unemployment Insurance Fund with respect to former public assistance recipients who are now his employees. |
To Assembly Committee On Labor, 2/15/05 |
|
AB 5031 |
Provides that a claimant who is receiving unemployment benefits may continue to receive those benefits if he becomes self employed. |
To Assembly Committee On Labor, 2/15/05 |
|
AB 5399
and
SB 2208 |
Excludes media sales representatives, acting as independent contractors, from the provisions of unemployment insurance, workers' compensation and disability benefits. |
To Assembly Committee On Labor Assembly Committee On Labor, 2/22/05 |
|
AB 5530
and
SB 2632 |
Provides that a person, who is not entitled to receive unemployment benefits by reason of his position or by reason of owning a business, shall not be required to contribute to the Unemployment Insurance Fund. |
To Assembly Committee On Labor, 2/23/05 |
|
AB 5716 |
Provides that where an unemployment claimant was employed by municipality for less than 2 days during the year preceding the filing of a valid claim and continues to be so employed, the municipality's unemployment account shall not be charged for unemployment benefits paid to such claimant. |
To Assembly Committee On Labor, 2/25/05 |
|
AB 5742 |
Relates to the liability of certain limited liability companies and partnerships, those which are less than two persons, for the purposes of unemployment insurance. |
To Assembly Committee On Labor, 2/28/05 |
|
AB 5859 |
Exempts Social Security and unemployment benefits from income execution where recipient is on public assistance or care |
To Assembly Committee On Judiciary, 3/1/05 |
|
AB 6131 |
Limits eligibility for unemployment benefits for the period between the day the employee gives notice of as his or her last day of employment and the day the employer discharges the employee. |
To Assembly Committee On Labor, 3/4/05 |
|
AB 6787
and
SB 1717,
SB 4720 |
Provides for eligibility for unemployment insurance benefits for part-time municipal elected officials who lose their primary income. |
To Assembly Committee On Labor, 3/23/05 |
|
AB 7362 |
Provides that qualifications for unemployment benefits shall be based on hours of work rather than earnings; provides conditions for which a claimant for unemployment insurance may refuse employment; raises the dollar threshold of earnings paid by employers to employees at which employers no longer need to pay a percentage toward unemployment insurance. |
To Assembly Committee On Labor, 4/14/05 |
|
AB 7363 |
Requires employers relocated out of New York State to continue to contribute to the Unemployment Insurance Fund when former employees of the employer are receiving benefits for 2 quarters. |
To Assembly Committee On Labor, 4/14/05 |
|
AB 7366
and
SB 4165 |
Disqualifies from eligibility for unemployment benefits the failure of an employee of a temporary employment service to notify such service within 5 business days of the completion of an assignment. |
To Assembly Committee On Labor Assembly Committee On Labor, 4/14/05 |
|
AB 8201
and
SB 3849 |
Relates to unemployment insurance benefits for professional employment by certain educational institutions. |
Amended In Assembly Committee On Labor, 6/10/05 |
|
AB 8772 |
Provides that claims of representatives for services rendered to an unemployment insurance claimant shall include certain non-recoverable benefits allowed pursuant to law. |
To Assembly Committee On Labor, 6/9/05 |
|
AB 8828 |
Relates to unemployment insurance, mandatory transfers, prohibited transfers and certain violations. |
To Assembly Committee On Labor, 6/21/05 |
|
SB 654 |
Provides that otherwise applicable waiting periods for the accumulation of unemployment benefit rights in certain industrial controversy situations do not apply to employer-hired permanent or temporary replacement workers. |
To Assembly Committee On Labor, 6/2/05 |
|
SB 739 |
Provides that for the purposes of determining unemployment insurance coverage, the term employment shall not include services rendered by an individual who is an alien performing agricultural labor. |
To Senate Committee On Labor, 1/20/05 |
|
SB 806 |
Extends the eligibility period for unemployment compensation for workers who were not working due to a disability for a period not to exceed 2 years. |
To Senate Committee On Labor, 1/20/05 |
|
SB 2395 |
Provides that an employer's account for unemployment insurance coverage shall not be charged when an employee quits without good cause regardless of weather the former employee has filed and been disqualified for benefits and later files and qualifies for unemployment insurance based on subsequent employment. |
To Senate Committee On Labor, 2/14/05 |
|
SB 2911 |
Defines domestic violence and abuse for unemployment insurance purposes; provides unemployment insurance for survivors of domestic violence. |
To Senate Committee On Labor, 3/1/05 |
|
SB 4783 |
Provides unemployment benefits to certain local village, town or city employees who earn a certain amount. |
To Senate Committee On Labor, 4/18/05 |
|
SB 4930 |
Establishes certain provisions which make eligibility for unemployment insurance benefits contingent upon employment in an instructional, research or principal administrative capacity with the state university of New York, the city university of New York and any public community colleges. |
To Senate Committee On Finance, 5/16/05 |
|
SB 5748 |
Relates to unemployment insurance, mandatory transfers, prohibited transfers and certain violations; makes related provisions. |
To Assembly Committee On Codes, 6/22/05 |
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North Carolina
SB 924
|
Eliminates the waiting period for unemployment benefits under the employment security laws of North Carolina. |
To Senate Committee On Commerce, 3/24/05 |
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SB 1078 |
Excludes services provided by certain corporate officers from the definition of employment for the purposes of unemployment insurance. |
To Senate Committee On Finance, 3/24/05 |
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North Dakota
HB 1195 |
Relates to payment of unemployment insurance by staffing services, employer restructuring activities; transfer of unemployment insurance tax account reserve history. |
Signed By Governor, 4/25/05 |
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HB 1198 |
Relates to limitations on the number of job-attached unemployment insurance claimants and soliciting information. |
Signed By Governor, 3/15/05 |
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HB 1202 |
Relates to when individuals are disqualified for unemployment compensation benefits; includes the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974; provides that a reduction may not be made by reason of receipt of federal social security retirement benefits. |
Signed By Governor, 3/15/05 |
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HB 1302 |
Relates to domestic violence victim eligibility for unemployment compensation benefits. |
Failed To Pass House, 2/11/05 |
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SB 2172 |
Relates to exempting service in Americorps as covered employment for unemployment insurance purposes. |
Signed By Governor, 3/16/05 |
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Ohio
SB 75 |
Changes the requirements to qualify for unemployment compensation from earning a percentage of the statewide average weekly wage to working a certain number of hours each qualifying week. |
To Senate Committee On Insurance, Commerce And Labor, 2/23/05 |
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Oregon
HB 2126 |
Permits Director of Employment Department to combine decisions about individual's eligibility for and amount of unemployment benefits with decision about whether individual has been paid benefits to which individual is not entitled. |
Chaptered. Chapter No. 182, 6/20/05 |
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HB 2662 |
Provides that individual who is victim, or parent or guardian of minor child who is victim, of domestic violence, sexual assault or stalking may not be disqualified from receiving unemployment benefits if individual leaves workplace or avoids available workplace to protect individual or minor child from further domestic violence, sexual assault or stalking at workplace or elsewhere. |
Signed By Governor, 6/20/05 |
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HB 3305 |
Provides emergency unemployment insurance benefits to individuals who have exhausted regular benefits. |
Chaptered. Chapter No. 23, 5/2/05 |
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SB 7 |
Provides emergency unemployment insurance benefits to individuals who have exhausted regular benefits. |
Introduced, 4/4/05 |
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SB 35 |
Allows Director of Employment Department to issue warrant for collection of amounts due under unemployment insurance program as result of judgment rendered in favor of department. |
To Governor, 6/20/05 |
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SB 93 |
Provides unemployment insurance coverage for employment of ministers and employment by churches or religious organizations. |
Chaptered. Chapter No. 218, 6/21/05 |
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SB 323 |
Redefines 'independent contractor' for laws relating to income tax, workers' compensation, unemployment insurance, architects, landscape contractors, construction contractors and others. |
Senate Refused To Concur In House Amendments, 6/23/05 |
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SB 397 |
Denies unemployment benefits to employee who fails pre-employment drug or alcohol test when results are received by employer within 14 calendar days after employee begins employment. |
To Senate Committee On Commerce, 2/1/05 |
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SB 447 |
Removes individuals who are performing services in other than instructional, research or principal administrative capacity at certain educational institutions from disqualification for receipt of unemployment compensation benefits during certain periods. |
To Senate Committee On Education And Workforce, 2/8/05 |
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SB 695 |
Disqualifies person from receiving unemployment benefits if person is convicted of certain crimes relating to drugs. |
Introduced, 2/17/05 |
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Pennsylvania
HB 133 |
Provides for rate and amount of compensation. |
To House Committee On Labor Relations, 1/31/05 |
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HB 144 |
Provides for benefits based on service for educational institutions. |
To House Committee On Labor Relations, 1/31/05 |
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HB 163 |
Establishes a system of unemployment compensation to be administered by the Department of Labor and Industry and its existing and newly created agencies with personnel selected on a civil service basis. Requires employers to keep records and make reports, and certain employers to pay contributions based on payrolls to provide moneys for the payment of compensation to certain unemployed persons. |
To Senate Committee On Labor And Industry, 6/20/05 |
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HB 458 |
Provides for the definition of "suitable work," for qualifications required to secure compensation, for ineligibility for compensation, for eligibility of officers of a corporation deemed to be self-employed persons, for eligibility of certain seasonal workers, for rate and amount of compensation, for determination of compensation appeals and for rules of procedure; defines "suitable work," for qualifications required to secure compensation, for ineligibility for compensation, for eligibility of officers of a corporation deemed to be self-employed persons, for eligibility of certain seasonal workers, for rate and amount of compensation, for determination of compensation appeals and for rules of procedure. |
To House Committee On Labor Relations, 2/14/05 |
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HB 781 |
Provides for ineligibility for compensation. |
To House Committee On Labor Relations, 3/14/05 |
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HB 862 |
Provides for rules of procedure. |
March 14, 2005; To House Committee On Labor Relations, 3/14/05 |
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HB 1083 |
Provides for limitation on fees and for representation in unemployment insurance proceedings. |
In House. Laid On Table, 5/11/05 |
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HB 1115 |
Further provides for compensation rates. |
To House Committee On Labor Relations, 3/29/05 |
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HB 1313 |
Establishes a system of unemployment compensation to be administered by the Department of Labor and Industry and its existing and newly created agencies with personnel selected on a civil service basis. |
To Senate Committee On Labor And Industry, 6/20/05 |
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HB 1759 |
Provides for a shared work program. |
To House Committee On Labor Relations, 6/21/05 |
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SB 219 |
Further provides for compensation rates. |
To Senate Committee On Labor And Industry, 2/8/05 |
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SB 329 |
Further provides for compensation rates. |
To Senate Committee On Labor And Industry, 2/18/05 |
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SB 359 |
Further provides for rules of procedure. |
To Senate Committee On Appropriations, 5/9/05 |
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SB 464 |
Provides for definition of employer, representation in proceedings, contributions by employers and employees, successors-in-interest, appeals, interest on past due contributions, limitations upon enforcement of payment of contributions, interest and penalties, registration and other reports, the job training fund, duties of the state treasurer as custodian and for offenses related to false statements and representations to prevent or reduce compensation. |
Act No. 2005-5, 6/15/05 |
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Rhode Island
HB 5891
and
SB 1054 |
Provides that decisions of the Board of Review concerning eligibility for unemployment benefits would not be binding or determined by any issue in any other criminal prosecutions, civil actions or administrative proceedings. |
Passed Senate, 5/25/05 |
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South Carolina
HB 3223 |
Allows benefits for individuals unemployed as a direct result of domestic abuse; relates to unemployment payments not chargeable to a former employer. |
To House Committee On Labor, Commerce And Industry, 1/11/05 |
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HB 3682 |
Allows benefits for individuals unemployed as a direct result of domestic abuse. |
Act No. 50, 5/9/05 |
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SB 461 |
Relates to disqualifications for receiving unemployment benefits paid pursuant to the employment security law. |
To Senate Committee On Judiciary, 2/9/05 |
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SB 561 |
Allows benefits for individuals unemployed as a direct result of domestic abuse. |
To Senate Committee On Labor, Commerce And Industry, 3/2/05 |
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South Dakota
HB 1211 |
Revises certain provisions regarding the reduction of unemployment benefits. |
In House Committee On State Affairs: Deferred, 2/4/05 |
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HB 1228 |
Revises certain provisions regarding unemployment insurance; provides for employer's rates applicable to the amount in the unemployment compensation fund. |
Session Law. Chapter No. 280, 5/17/05 |
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SB 14 |
Modifies provisions related to the payment of unemployment insurance benefits. |
Session Law. Chapter No. 279, 5/17/05 |
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SB 85 |
Modifies certain provisions relating to the charging of employers for the payment of unemployment insurance benefits. |
Session Law. Chapter No. 283, 5/17/05 |
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Tennessee
HB 141
and
SB 1424 |
Authorizes unemployment insurance benefits to individual who leaves work or is discharged due to circumstances resulting from being victim of domestic violence. |
Referred To Subcommittee On Employee Affairs, 2/9/05 |
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HB 575 |
Concerns Unemployment Compensation; prevents reduction or termination of unemployment benefits due to claimant's enrollment in institution of higher education. |
To House Committee On Consumer And Employee Affairs, 2/9/05 |
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SB 844 |
Concerns Unemployment Compensation; prevents reduction or termination of unemployment benefits due to claimant's enrollment in institution of higher education. |
To Senate Committee On Commerce, Labor And Agriculture, 2/8/05 |
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SB 2285
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Concerns unemployment compensation; makes various changes to unemployment compensation provisions regarding experience rating system used to calculate employers' unemployment compensation premiums. |
Public Chaptered. Chapter No. 357, 6/7/05 |
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SB 2286 |
Concerns child custody and support; removes requirement that employer notify department of labor when child support obligor's employment ends; creates two-week time period for claiming unemployment benefits for any particular week. |
Public Chaptered. Chapter No. 152, 5/9/05 |
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Texas
HB 131 |
Relates to the eligibility for unemployment compensation benefits of certain employees who provide at home infant care after the birth or adoption of a child. |
To House Committee On Economic Development, 1/31/05 |
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HB 481 |
Relates to the eligibility for partial unemployment benefits of certain persons with disabilities who have been discharged from partial employment. |
Signed By Governor, 6/17/05 |
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HB 558 |
Relates to the adoption of an alternative base period for computation of unemployment compensation benefits. |
Committee Report Printed And Distributed, 4/29/05 |
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HB 985 |
Relates to the eligibility of certain victims of family violence for unemployment compensation. |
To House Committee On Economic Development, 2/14/05 |
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HB 1738 |
Relates to the eligibility for unemployment benefits of individuals who are unemployed due to certain labor disputes. |
Committee Report Printed And Distributed, 4/26/05 |
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HB 1745 |
Relates to the disqualification of certain temporary employees for unemployment compensation benefits. |
Signed By Governor, 6/17/05 |
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HB 1939 |
Relates to certain disqualifications for unemployment compensation benefits for assigned employees of staff leasing services companies. |
Signed By Governor, 6/18/05 |
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SB 306 |
Relates to the disqualification of certain persons for unemployment benefits. |
To Senate Committee On Business And Commerce, 2/7/05 |
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SB 788 |
Relates to eligibility for certain unemployment compensation benefits. |
Committee Report Printed And Distributed, 5/17/05 |
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SB 789 |
Relates to the liability of a person who has obtained improper unemployment compensation benefits. |
To Senate Committee On Business And Commerce, 3/10/05 |
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SB 790 |
Relates to the determination of benefit wage credits for purposes of unemployment compensation. |
Committee Report Printed And Distributed, 4/20/05 |
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SB 791 |
Relates to initial claims under the unemployment compensation system. |
To Senate Committee On Business And Commerce, 3/10/05 |
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SB 977 |
Relates to the eligibility for unemployment benefits of individuals who are unemployed due to certain labor disputes. |
To Senate Committee On Business And Commerce, 3/14/05 |
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SB 1231 |
Relates to the acquisition of unemployment compensation experience after the transfer of an employing unit. |
To Senate Committee On Business And Commerce, 3/21/05 |
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Vermont
HB 154
and
SB 30 |
Exempts newspaper carriers from unemployment compensation coverage. |
To House Committee On Commerce, 2/3/05 |
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HB 477
and
SB 41 |
Provides economic and personal security for survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking by providing them with unemployment compensation benefits when they are forced to leave employment because of domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking |
To House Committee On Judiciary, 3/8/05 |
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Virginia
HB 2050 |
Increases the wages an employee must have earned in the two highest earnings quarters of his base period the first four of the five calendar quarters preceding application for benefits in order to be eligible for unemployment compensation benefits, and increases the maximum weekly benefit. |
Senate Accepts Governor's Recommended Amendments, 4/6/05 |
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HB 2371 |
Provides that chronic absenteeism is one form of misconduct that may result in disqualification of unemployment compensation benefits |
Acts Of Assembly. Chapter No. 464, 3/21/05 |
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HB 2840 |
Relates to unemployment compensation; increases the cap on allowable weekly wages for eligible individuals prior to benefit offset |
Acts Of Assembly. Chapter No. 125, 3/20/05 |
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SB 128 |
Relates to unemployment compensation; provides offset for retirement benefits |
Acts Of Assembly. Chapter No. 1, 1/31/05 |
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SB 772 |
Provides that an individual earning at least $ 2,500 but less than $ 3,500.01 in his base period shall be eligible to qualify for unemployment compensation benefits only if he had earnings of at least $ 1,250 in each of two quarters in his base period |
To Senate Committee On Commerce And Labor, 1/12/05 |
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SB 799 |
Relates to unemployment compensation; removes from the Code obsolete benefit tables. |
Acts Of Assembly. Chapter No. 23, 3/20/05 |
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SB 1055 |
Increases the wages an employee must have earned in the two highest earnings quarters of his base period in order to be eligible for unemployment compensation benefits. |
Left In Committee, 2/7/05 |
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SB 1112 |
Strikes the requirement, for the purposes of assigning to the pool the charges associated with a claimant who qualifies for unemployment compensation due to a disaster-related business closure, that the claimant have returned to his job once the business reopened. |
Acts Of Assembly. Chapter No. 44, 3/20/05 |
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Washington
HB 2198 |
Waives unemployment compensation employer penalties. |
To House Committee On Commerce And Labor, 2/23/05 |
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HB 2250 |
Relates to unemployment benefit eligibility for apprentices. |
To House Committee On Commerce And Labor, 2/28/05 |
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HB 2255 |
Makes adjustments to improve benefit equity in the unemployment insurance system, including reinstating a weekly benefit calculation based on the wages in the two quarters of the claimant's base year in which wages were the highest. |
Chapter No. 133, 4/22/05 |
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West Virginia
HB 2163 |
Relates to unemployment compensation; eliminates the set off against unemployment compensation benefits for persons receiving social security benefits. |
Act No. 242, 5/4/05 |
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HB 2339 |
Extends unemployment compensation benefits when special circumstances exist. |
To House Committee On Judiciary, 2/15/05 |
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HB 2467 |
Eliminates the set off against unemployment compensation benefits for persons receiving social security benefits. |
To House Committee On Judiciary, 2/17/05 |
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HB 2547 |
Changes the amount a person can earn while receiving unemployment benefits |
To House Committee On Judiciary, 2/21/05 |
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HB 3094 |
Revises requirements related to withholding child support payments from unemployment compensation; provides for credit reporting |
Act No. 39, 5/4/05 |
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HB 3355 |
Relates to unemployment compensation; revokes and prevents contractual relationships or licensure with employers who are in default; places a limit on the amount of wages an election official can receive in a calendar year that are not considered employment wages for unemployment compensation purposes; eliminates reductions in unemployment compensation for persons receiving benefits under Title II of the Social Security Act; prevents State Unemployment Tax Act dumping. |
To Senate Committee On Finance, 4/6/05 |
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SB 202 |
Eliminates reduction in unemployment compensation for persons receiving Social Security. |
To Senate Committee On Finance, 2/16/05 |
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SB 493 |
Relates to unemployment compensation generally. |
To Senate Committee On Finance, 3/9/05 |
