Bill Text: HI HB2122 | 2016 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Employment Security; Maximum Benefits
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2016-03-16 - The committee on JDL deferred the measure. [HB2122 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2016-HB2122-Amended.html
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TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE, 2016 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT SECURITY.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 383-24, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§383-24 Maximum potential benefits.
The maximum potential benefits of an eligible individual in a benefit year
shall be [twenty-six] thirty-nine times the eligible individual's
weekly benefit amount."
SECTION 2. Eligible individuals terminated or laid-off by Hawaiian Commercial and Sugar Company shall complete a training or retraining program to receive the maximum potential benefits pursuant to this Act.
SECTION 3. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2030, and shall apply to individuals who are separated from their employment on or after March 7, 2016.
Report Title:
Employment Security; Maximum Benefits
Description:
Increases maximum potential unemployment benefits for employees separated from service from 26 to 39 times the individual's weekly benefit amount commencing on or after March 7, 2016. Requires terminated or laid off Hawaiian Commercial and Sugar Company workers to complete a training or retraining program to receive the maximum potential benefits. (HB2122 HD2)
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