General Assembly Committee Bill No. 6218
January Session, 2017 LCO No. 3779
*03779HB06218LAB*
Referred to Committee on LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES
Introduced by:
(LAB)
General Assembly
Committee Bill No. 6218
January Session, 2017
LCO No. 3779
*03779HB06218LAB*
Referred to Committee on LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES
Introduced by:
(LAB)
AN ACT REQUIRING RECIPIENTS OF UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION TO VERIFY THEY ARE SEEKING EMPLOYMENT.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of section 31-236 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2017):
(1) If the administrator finds that the individual has failed without sufficient cause either to verify that he or she has made a reasonable effort to apply for available, suitable work when directed so to do by the Public Employment Bureau or the administrator by appearing in person each month at a location designated by the administrator, or to accept suitable employment when offered by the Public Employment Bureau or by an employer, such ineligibility to continue until such individual has returned to work and has earned at least six times such individual's benefit rate. Suitable work means either employment in the individual's usual occupation or field or other work for which the individual is reasonably fitted, provided such work is within a reasonable distance of the individual's residence. In determining whether or not any work is suitable for an individual, the administrator may consider the degree of risk involved to such individual's health, safety and morals, such individual's physical fitness and prior training and experience, such individual's skills, such individual's previous wage level and such individual's length of unemployment, but, notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, no work shall be deemed suitable nor shall benefits be denied under this chapter to any otherwise eligible individual for refusing to accept work under any of the following conditions: (A) If the position offered is vacant due directly to a strike, lockout or other labor dispute; (B) if the wages, hours or other conditions of work offered are substantially less favorable to the individual than those prevailing for similar work in the locality; (C) if, as a condition of being employed, the individual would be required to join a company union or to resign from or refrain from joining any bona fide labor organization; (D) if the position offered is for work which commences or ends between the hours of one and six o'clock in the morning if the administrator finds that such work would constitute a high degree of risk to the health, safety or morals of the individual, or would be beyond the physical capabilities or fitness of the individual or there is no suitable transportation available from the individual's home to or from the individual's place of employment; or (E) if, as a condition of being employed, the individual would be required to agree not to leave such position if recalled by the individual's former employer;
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2017 31-236(a)(1)
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
October 1, 2017
31-236(a)(1)
Statement of Purpose:
To reduce fraud by requiring recipients of unemployment compensation to verify that they are actively seeking employment opportunities.
[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. KLARIDES, 114th Dist.; REP. CANDELORA, 86th Dist. REP. HOYDICK, 120th Dist.; REP. O'DEA, 125th Dist. REP. O'NEILL, 69th Dist.; REP. GREEN, 55th Dist. REP. SRINIVASAN, 31st Dist.; REP. KUPCHICK, 132nd Dist.
Co-Sponsors:
REP. KLARIDES, 114th Dist.; REP. CANDELORA, 86th Dist.
REP. HOYDICK, 120th Dist.; REP. O'DEA, 125th Dist.
REP. O'NEILL, 69th Dist.; REP. GREEN, 55th Dist.
REP. SRINIVASAN, 31st Dist.; REP. KUPCHICK, 132nd Dist.
H.B. 6218