IN HB1464 | 2017 | Regular Session

Status

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on January 18 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-01-26 - Representative Hatfield added as coauthor
Pending: House Employment, Labor and Pensions Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

Work sharing unemployment benefits. Establishes a work sharing unemployment insurance program. Requires an employer that desires to participate in the work sharing unemployment insurance program to submit a work sharing plan for approval by the commissioner of the department of workforce development. Establishes the work sharing benefit as equal to an affected employee's unemployment benefit reduced by a percentage that is equivalent to the number of hours by which an affected employee's normal weekly work hours are reduced divided by the employer's number of normal weekly work hours.

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Title

Work sharing unemployment benefits. Establishes a work sharing unemployment insurance program. Requires an employer that desires to participate in the work sharing unemployment insurance program to submit a work sharing plan for approval by the commissioner of the department of workforce development. Establishes the work sharing benefit as equal to an affected employee's unemployment benefit reduced by a percentage that is equivalent to the number of hours by which an affected employee's normal weekly work hours are reduced divided by the employer's number of normal weekly work hours.

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History

DateChamberAction
2017-01-26HouseRepresentative Hatfield added as coauthor
2017-01-18HouseFirst reading: referred to Committee on Employment, Labor and Pensions
2017-01-18HouseCoauthored by Representatives Ober and Macer
2017-01-18HouseAuthored by Representative Carbaugh

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