General Assembly Committee Bill No. 5686
January Session, 2013 LCO No. 4699
*04699HB05686LAB*
Referred to Committee on LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES
Introduced by:
(LAB)
General Assembly
Committee Bill No. 5686
January Session, 2013
LCO No. 4699
*04699HB05686LAB*
Referred to Committee on LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES
Introduced by:
(LAB)
AN ACT CONCERNING AN INCREASE IN THE MINIMUM BASE PERIOD WAGES REQUIRED FOR UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. (Effective July 1, 2013) The Labor Department shall initiate a study to determine how an increase in the base period wages required for unemployment benefit eligibility may affect the health and productivity of businesses within the state. The department shall submit, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes, the findings of such study to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to labor and public employees on or before February 1, 2014.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2013 New section
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
July 1, 2013
New section
Statement of Purpose:
To study whether an increase in the threshold at which an individual may qualify for unemployment compensation would benefit businesses in the state.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]
Co-Sponsors: REP. CAFERO, 142nd Dist.; REP. CANDELORA, 86th Dist. REP. KLARIDES, 114th Dist.
Co-Sponsors:
REP. CAFERO, 142nd Dist.; REP. CANDELORA, 86th Dist.
REP. KLARIDES, 114th Dist.
H.B. 5686