Researcher: LRH Page 1 4/14/22
OLR Bill Analysis
sSB 317 (File 249, as amended by Senate "A" and "B")*
AN ACT CONCERNING UNEMPLOYMENT FOR STRIKING
EMPLOYEES.
SUMMARY
Starting on July 1, 2024, 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).
*Senate Amendment “A” changes the underlying bill’s (File 249)
effective date from October 1, 2022, to January 1, 2023.
*Senate Amendment “B” changes the bill’s effective date, as
amended, from January 1, 2023, to July 1, 2024.
EFFECTIVE DATE: July 1, 2024
COMMITTEE ACTION
Labor and Public Employees Committee
Joint Favorable Substitute
Yea 9 Nay 4 (03/22/2022)