Bill Text: CT HB05525 | 2013 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: An Act Concerning Unemployment Compensation And Part-time, Temporary And Seasonal Employee Eligibility.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-01-22 - Referred to Joint Committee on Labor and Public Employees [HB05525 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2013-HB05525-Introduced.html

General Assembly

 

Proposed Bill No. 5525

 

January Session, 2013

 

LCO No. 656

   

Referred to Committee on LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES

 

Introduced by:

 

REP. SMITH, 108th Dist.

 

AN ACT CONCERNING UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION AND PART-TIME, TEMPORARY AND SEASONAL EMPLOYEE ELIGIBILITY.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That the general statutes be amended to establish a minimum threshold of not less than one thousand hours of work before part-time, temporary or seasonal employees are eligible for unemployment benefits.

Statement of Purpose:

To allocate the state's limited unemployment benefits to employees who have worked a minimum number of hours.

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