Bill Text: CT SB00436 | 2015 | General Assembly | Introduced

Connecticut Senate Bill 436 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: An Act Concerning The Waiting Week And Unemployment Benefits.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-02-17 - Public Hearing 02/24 [SB00436 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2015-SB00436-Introduced.html


General Assembly		*Proposed Bill No. 436*
*January Session, 2015*		LCO No. 2374
		02374
Referred to Committee on LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES
Introduced by:
SEN. BOUCHER, 26th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING THE WAITING WEEK AND UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS.

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

That the general statutes be amended to require individuals to be unemployed for a full week prior to becoming eligible to receive unemployment benefits.

Statement of Purpose:

To encourage individuals to immediately begin their search for work and to lessen the burden on the Labor Department in situations where individuals are unemployed for short periods.