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- Referred to labor
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Allows certain part-time employees to be eligible for unemployment insurance
In Assembly Committee · Labor · Sponsor Joel Miller
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Title of bill
An act to amend the labor law, in relation to providing unemployment insurance benefits to certain part-time claimants
Purpose or general idea of bill
Removes the current prohibition on part-time employment to receive unemployment benefits.
Summary of specific provisions
Allows any claimant who is engaged in part-time employment earning $15,000 or less per year, to receive unemployment insurance benefits in the event of involuntary separation from their primary employment.
Justification
Currently section 591 precludes individuals from receiving unemployment insurance benefits unless totally unemployed. This bill would allow individuals in part-time employment earning $15,000 or less annually to receive unemployment benefits should they become involuntarily separated from their primary employment. This limited income received through part-time employment is clearly not adequate to sustain an individual or family if their primary employment is lost.
Legislative history
A.5791 of 2008: Held for consideration in Committee on Labor A.3409 of 2006: Held for consideration in Committee on Labor A.10464 of 2004: Held for consideration in Committee on Labor
Fiscal implications
To be determined.
Effective date
This bill will take effect 120 days after it shall have become a law.
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