Bill Text: OR HB2778 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to unemployment insurance; declaring an emergency.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2013-07-08 - In committee upon adjournment. [HB2778 Detail]

Download: Oregon-2013-HB2778-Introduced.html

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     77th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2013 Regular Session

NOTE:  Matter within  { +  braces and plus signs + } in an
amended section is new. Matter within  { -  braces and minus
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LC 2965

                         House Bill 2778

Sponsored by Representative SMITH

                             SUMMARY

The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure as
introduced.

  Requires Employment Department to develop system that allows
employers to report whether claimant for unemployment insurance
benefits applied for work in appropriate manner. Allows
department to use report when determining whether claimant is
meeting requirement of actively seeking work. Allows claimant to
respond to report before denial or disqualification based on
report.  Prohibits denial or disqualification if claimant's
manner was unintentionally inappropriate.
  Declares emergency, effective on passage.

                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to unemployment insurance; and declaring an emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1.  { + Section 2 of this 2013 Act is added to and made
a part of ORS chapter 657. + }
  SECTION 2.  { + (1) The Employment Department shall develop and
maintain a system that allows employers to report whether the
manner of a claimant for unemployment insurance benefits was
inappropriate when the claimant applied for work.
  (2) The department may use a credible report received pursuant
to this section in determining whether a claimant for
unemployment insurance benefits is actively seeking work, has
failed to apply for available suitable work or is actively
engaged in seeking work, for purposes of ORS 657.155 (1), 657.176
(2) or 657.325 (10), respectively.
  (3) Before denying a claim under ORS 657.267 for a week to
which a report received pursuant to this section refers or
disqualifying a claimant who is the subject of a report received
pursuant to this section, the department shall allow the claimant
to respond to the report, if the report would be a factor in the
denial or disqualification.
  (4) If the department determines that a claimant's manner was
inappropriate as reported but that the inappropriateness was
unintentional:
  (a) The claim may not be denied or the claimant may not be
disqualified, as applicable, on the basis of the report; and
  (b) The department shall provide the claimant with information
related to the appropriate manner for seeking work. + }
  SECTION 3.  { + This 2013 Act being necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency

is declared to exist, and this 2013 Act takes effect on its
passage. + }
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