General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5712
January Session, 2013 LCO No. 1519
Referred to Committee on LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES
Introduced by:
REP. CAFERO, 142nd Dist. REP. CANDELORA, 86th Dist. REP. KLARIDES, 114th Dist.
General Assembly
Proposed Bill No. 5712
January Session, 2013
LCO No. 1519
Referred to Committee on LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES
Introduced by:
REP. CAFERO, 142nd Dist.
REP. CANDELORA, 86th Dist.
REP. KLARIDES, 114th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION AND MINIMUM WEEKLY BENEFIT LEVELS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
That the general statutes be amended to require an individual seeking unemployment benefits to have worked during the base period a number of weeks sufficient to qualify for a minimum weekly benefit of fifty dollars in order to be eligible for unemployment and to increase the minimum weekly benefit level to fifty dollars.
Statement of Purpose:
To establish parity between the minimum amount of unemployment compensation a claimant may receive and the number of weeks a claimant must work to qualify for such compensation.