Connecticut 2017 2017 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB06670 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/23/2017

                    General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 6670
January Session, 2017  LCO No. 1903
 *01903*
Referred to Committee on LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES
Introduced by:
REP. WILSON, 66th Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 6670 

January Session, 2017

LCO No. 1903

*01903*

Referred to Committee on LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES 

Introduced by:

REP. WILSON, 66th Dist.

AN ACT REQUIRING RECIPIENTS OF UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION TO VERIFY THAT THEY ARE SEEKING EMPLOYMENT.

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

That chapter 567 of the general statutes be amended to require recipients of unemployment compensation to verify that they are actively seeking employment.

Statement of Purpose: 

To ensure that only unemployed persons who are actively seeking employment are receiving unemployment benefits.