Virginia House Bill 455 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: Introduced on January 8 2016 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-02-16 - Left in Commerce and Labor
Pending: House Commerce and Labor Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Virginia Employment Commission work group to develop recommendations regarding the allocation of responsibility for unemployment benefit charges among the claimant's employers. Requires the Virginia Employment Commission (VEC) to convene a work group to develop recommendations regarding the allocation of responsibility for unemployment benefit charges among the claimant's employers. The work group shall review alternatives to the existing requirement that the benefit charges associated with a claimant's receipt of unemployment compensation payments are deemed to be the responsibility of the claimant's most recent 30-day employer. The work group will include representatives of organizations representing the interests of large and small employers, organizations representing the interests of employees, and other stakeholders. The bill requires the VEC to report its findings to the Governor and the General Assembly by January 1, 2017.

Virginia Employment Commission; work group, unemployment benefit charges.

Del. Glenn Davis [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-02-16	House	Left in Commerce and Labor
2016-01-26	House	Subcommittee recommends laying on the table by voice vote
2016-01-19	House	Assigned C & L sub: Subcommittee #1
2016-01-08	House	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
2016-01-08	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16103312D

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+sum+HB455
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+ful+HB455+hil