2E Relating to unemployment insurance
ARTICLE 1 - UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE
POLICY
Expanding the immediate family member definition to include
grandparents;
clarifying the weekly benefit amounts and wage credits necessary
to establish a benefit account; modifying the suitable employment wage credits
provision; modifying the special assessment for interest on federal loans for
taxpaying employers; modifying the unemployment benefit account requirements for
establishment and eligibility determinations;
modifying payments delaying
unemployment benefits, including sick time and personal time off pay (PTO);
modifying ineligibility duration and the authorization for dislocated workers
entrepreneurship
ARTICLE 2 - UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE HOUSEKEEPING
Making
changes of a grammatical and housekeeping nature; modifying the definitions of
base period, noncovered employment, and wages
ARTICLE 3- WORKFORCE
DEVELOPMENT
Modifying the state dislocated worker program definitions by
adding a definition for an individual determined by the federal government to be
covered by trade adjustment assistance; modifying a contractor department of
employment and economic development (DEED) reporting requirement
(je)