Connecticut 2011 2011 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB05322 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/14/2011

                    General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 5322
January Session, 2011  LCO No. 851
Referred to Committee on Labor and Public Employees
Introduced by:
REP. SMITH, 108th Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 5322 

January Session, 2011

LCO No. 851

Referred to Committee on Labor and Public Employees 

Introduced by:

REP. SMITH, 108th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION AND PART-TIME, TEMPORARY AND SEASONAL EMPLOYEE ELIGIBILITY.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That the general statutes be amended to establish a minimum threshold of not less than one thousand hours of work before part-time, temporary or seasonal employees are eligible for unemployment benefits.

Statement of Purpose: 

To allocate the state's limited unemployment benefits to employees who have worked a minimum number of hours.