FINAL BILL REPORT

SSB 5392

                                  C 256 L 87

BYSenate Committee on Commerce & Labor (originally sponsored by Senators Warnke, Wojahn, Vognild, Smitherman, Williams, Talmadge, Bender, Rasmussen and Conner;by request of Joint Select Committee on Unemployment Insurance and Compensation)

Changing requirements for establishment of benefit years for unemployment compensation.

Senate Committee on Commerce & Labor

House Committe on Commerce & Labor

SYNOPSIS AS ENACTED

BACKGROUND:

If an individual files an application for unemployment compensation and uses hours which were earned prior to filing of a previous claim, he/she have must earned six times the new weekly benefit amount in the last two quarters of the base year, in addition to the current requirement of 680 hours worked in the base year.

SUMMARY:

If an individual files an application for unemployment compensation and uses hours which were earned prior to filing of a new claim, he or she must have earned wages equal to or greater than six times the new weekly benefit amount since the start of the waiting week of the previous benefit year in addition to the current requirement of 680 hours worked during the base year.

VOTES ON FINAL PASSAGE:

      Senate    45     0

      House 98   0 (House amended)

      Senate    45     0 (Senate concurred)

EFFECTIVE:July 26, 1987