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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6728
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 1462
Referred to Committee on LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES
Introduced by:
REP. CARNEY, 23rd 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 chapter 567 of the general statutes be amended to increase a 1
claimant's minimum earnings required to qualify for unemployment 2
benefits from six hundred dollars to not less than two thousand dollars 3
per year. 4
Statement of Purpose:
To increase the minimum earnings necessary to qualify for
unemployment benefits.