Bill Text: CT SB00437 | 2015 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An Act Concerning Minimum Earnings For Unemployment Benefits.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-02-17 - Public Hearing 02/24 [SB00437 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2015-SB00437-Introduced.html

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General Assembly		Proposed Bill No. 437
January Session, 2015		LCO No. 2378
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Referred to Committee on LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES
Introduced by:
SEN. BOUCHER, 26th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING MINIMUM EARNINGS FOR UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS.

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

That section 31-225a of the general statutes be amended to require an employer to pay wages of two thousand dollars or more to a claimant in his or her base period before any benefits may be charged to that employer.

Statement of Purpose:

To save businesses money by providing that no benefits shall be charged to any employer who paid wages of two thousand dollars or less to a claimant in his or her base period.