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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6112
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 247
Referred to Committee on LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES
Introduced by:
REP. RUTIGLIANO, 123rd Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That chapter 567 of the general statutes be amended to: (1) Increase 1
the claimant’s earnings threshold required to qualify for benefits from 2
six hundred dollars to three thousand dollars per year; (2) prohibit 3
individuals from receiving benefits during any period during which 4
they are receiving severance pay; (3) freeze the max imum 5
unemployment benefit rate in any year in which the Unemployment 6
Trust Fund is less than seventy per cent solvent; and (4) clarify the 7
definition of "day of unexcused absence" to mean one day. 8
Statement of Purpose:
To update and reform unemployment compensation law and protect
the solvency of the Unemployment Trust Fund.