Bill Text: CT SB00442 | 2015 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An Act Increasing The Minimum Earnings Necessary To Qualify For Unemployment Benefits.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-02-17 - Public Hearing 02/24 [SB00442 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2015-SB00442-Introduced.html

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General Assembly		Proposed Bill No. 442
January Session, 2015		LCO No. 2439
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Referred to Committee on LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES
Introduced by:
SEN. MARKLEY, 16th Dist.

AN ACT INCREASING THE MINIMUM EARNINGS NECESSARY TO QUALIFY FOR UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS.

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

That the general statutes be amended to increase the required base period wages enabling an individual to be eligible for unemployment benefits to a minimum of one thousand eighty dollars.

Statement of Purpose:

To increase the minimum earnings necessary to qualify for unemployment benefits to account for inflation.