SLS 18RS-1736 ORIGINAL
2018 Regular Session
SENATE BILL NO. 541
BY SENATOR MORRISH
UNEMPLOYMENT COMP. Provides relative to conditions for charging the employer's
experience-rating account for unemployment benefits. (8/1/18)
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact the introductory paragraph of R.S. 23:1553(A), relative to
3 unemployment benefits; to provide for requalification of the claimant for
4 unemployment benefits; to provide for noncharging of the employer's
5 experience-rating account; and to provide for related matters.
6 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. The introductory paragraph of R.S. 23:1553(A) is hereby amended and
8 reenacted to read as follows:
9 ยง1553. Noncharging of benefits; recoupment; social charge account; social charge
10 tax rate
11 A. Benefits charged after a requalification of a claimant pursuant to the
12 requirements of R.S. 23:1601(1), (2), (3), or (10) shall not be charged against the
13 experience-rating account of an employer when all any one of the following pertain:
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SLS 18RS-1736 ORIGINAL
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Carla S. Roberts.
DIGEST
SB 541 Original 2018 Regular Session Morrish
Present law provides that unemployment benefits charged after a requalification of a
claimant will not be charged against the experience-rating account of an employer when all
of the following pertain:
(1)The employer timely files a separation notice alleging disqualification.
(2)Either a response to a notice of claim filed or a response to a notice to a base period
employer is filed.
(3)The separation of the employee from the employer is determined to be under
disqualifying conditions.
Proposed law retains present law but changes "all" to "any one" as it relates to the
requirements which must be met in order that the employer's experience-rating account will
not be charged.
Effective August 1, 2018.
(Amends R.S. 23:1553(A)(intro para))
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Coding: Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law;
words in boldface type and underscored are additions.