Virginia House Bill 835 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: Introduced on January 11 2012 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2012-11-29 - Left in Commerce and Labor
Pending: House Commerce and Labor Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Unemployment compensation; shared work programs. Establishes a shared work program that provides employers with the option of reducing the hours worked by employees, while permitting the employees whose hours are reduced to receive partial compensation for lost wages. Program participation requires Virginia Employment Commission approval of a plan, which must provide that the reduction in hours of work is in lieu of a layoff of an equivalent percentage of employees and that employees' fringe benefits cannot be reduced or eliminated during the plan. Employees must be available to work and available for full-time work with a participating work sharing employer. The measure authorizes an affected employee to participate in a Commission-approved training program sponsored by his shared work employer or any other employer on days that he is not directed to report to work by his shared work employer without reduction in shared work benefits. If the U.S. Department of Labor finds that any provision of this measure violates federal law, the finding shall not affect, impair, or invalidate the remaining provisions. Finally, the measure requires the Commission to submit reports on the program's implementation and accomplishments, with recommendations to improve its effectiveness.

Shared work programs; established, report.

Del. Kenneth Plum [D]

Del. Kaye Kory [D]

Del. Patrick Hope [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-11-29	House	Left in Commerce and Labor
2012-02-09	House	Continued to 2013 with amendment(s) in Commerce and Labor by voice vote
2012-02-09	House	Committee amendments
2012-02-07	House	Subcommittee recommends continuing to 2013 with amendment(s) by voice vote
2012-01-17	House	Assigned C & L sub: #1
2012-01-11	House	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
2012-01-11	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/12 12103209D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
60	2	700	(n/a)	See Bill Text
60	2	708	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB835
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+ful+HB835+hil