HB 2562 - DIGEST

     Provides that no otherwise eligible individual shall be denied benefits for any week because the individual is available for, seeks, applies for, or accepts only part-time work of at least fifteen hours per week, instead of full-time work, by reason of the application of RCW 50.20.010(3), 50.20.015, 50.20.080, or 50.22.020(1) relating to availability for work and active search for work, or failure to apply for or refusal to accept suitable work.

     Provides that each eligible individual who has unemployment in any week shall have the individual's weekly benefit amount reduced by the remuneration, if any, paid or payable that exceeds whichever is greater of the following amounts:  (1) Ten times the minimum hourly wage established under RCW 49.46.020 or 29 U.S.C. 206, whichever is higher; or

     (2) One-third of the individual's weekly benefit amount.

     Repeals RCW 50.20.020.