General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5525 January Session, 2013 LCO No. 656 Referred to Committee on LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES Introduced by: REP. SMITH, 108th Dist. General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5525 January Session, 2013 LCO No. 656 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.