LCO No. 3045 1 of 1 General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 762 January Session, 2019 LCO No. 3045 Referred to Committee on LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES Introduced by: SEN. WITKOS, 8th Dist. AN ACT INCREASING THE MINIMUM EARNINGS NECESSARY TO QUALIFY FOR UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: That the general statutes be amended to increase the minimum 1 earnings to be eligible to receive the minimum unemployment 2 compensation benefit from six hundred to three thousand dollars. 3 Statement of Purpose: To increase the minimum earnings necessary to qualify for unemployment compensation.