Researcher: LRH Page 1 3/31/22
OLR Bill Analysis
sSB 317
AN ACT CONCERNING UNEMPLOYMENT FOR STRIKING
EMPLOYEES.
SUMMARY
This bill generally makes striking workers eligible for unemployment
benefits after they have been on strike for two consecutive weeks. Under
current law, claimants are generally ineligible for benefits during any
week in which their unemployment is due to a labor dispute. The bill
lifts this ineligibility after a period of two consecutive weeks in which
the claimant’s unemployment is due to the labor dispute.
Under existing law, unchanged by the bill, claimants may also qualify
for benefits during a labor dispute, with no waiting period, if (1) the
labor dispute is a lockout or (2) the claimant is not participating in the
labor dispute that caused the unemployment and does not belong to a
trade, class, or organization of workers who were employed at the
premises immediately before the dispute started (e.g., non-union
employees at a business temporarily closed by a strike).
EFFECTIVE DATE: October 1, 2022
COMMITTEE ACTION
Labor and Public Employees Committee
Joint Favorable Substitute
Yea 9 Nay 4 (03/22/2022)