General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 442
January Session, 2015 LCO No. 2439
*02439*
Referred to Committee on LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES
Introduced by:
SEN. MARKLEY, 16th Dist.
General Assembly
Proposed Bill No. 442
January Session, 2015
LCO No. 2439
*02439*
Referred to Committee on LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES
Introduced by:
SEN. MARKLEY, 16th Dist.
AN ACT INCREASING THE MINIMUM EARNINGS NECESSARY TO QUALIFY FOR UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
That the general statutes be amended to increase the required base period wages enabling an individual to be eligible for unemployment benefits to a minimum of one thousand eighty dollars.
Statement of Purpose:
To increase the minimum earnings necessary to qualify for unemployment benefits to account for inflation.