Connecticut 2013 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB05961 Latest Draft

Bill / Introduced Version Filed 01/23/2013

                            General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 5961
January Session, 2013  LCO No. 1195
Referred to Committee on LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES
Introduced by:
REP. SRINIVASAN, 31st Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 5961 

January Session, 2013

LCO No. 1195

Referred to Committee on LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES 

Introduced by:

REP. SRINIVASAN, 31st Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING SEASONAL EMPLOYEES AND UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS.

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

That the general statutes be amended to allow an individual currently receiving unemployment benefits to defer the receipt of such benefits if the individual finds seasonal employment so that when the seasonal employment is completed the individual shall continue to receive unemployment benefits at a level equal to those received prior to engaging in such seasonal employment.

Statement of Purpose: 

To encourage unemployed people to seek employment.