SB 1036 — unemployment benefits; requirements; disqualifications; determinations

Fifty-seventhSenate LegislatureEngrossed Governmentunemployment Secondbenefits; Regular Session S.B.

1036requirements; PROPOSED SENATE AMENDMENTS TO S.B.

1036disqualifications; (Reference to printed bill) Amendment instruction key:

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The bill as proposed to be amended is reprinted as follows:

SenateD. Amendments to S.B.

1036 D.

2.- 1 - S.B.

1036 2.

Includes a certified statement by the employer that for the duration of the plan the reduction in the total normal weekly hours of work of the employees in the affected group is instead of layoffs which THAT otherwise would result in at least as large a reduction in the total -2-normal Senateweekly Amendmentshours toof S.B.work.

1036 normal weekly hours of work.

7.- 2 - S.B.

1036 7.

-3-C. Senate Amendments to S.B.

1036 C.

Notwithstanding section 23-621 or any other provision of this chapter, for purposes of this article an individual is unemployed in any week- for3 which- compensationS.B. is payable to the individual, as an employee in an affected group, for less than the individual's normal weekly hours of work in accordance with an approved plan in effect for the week.

1036 week for which compensation is payable to the individual, as an employee in an affected group, for less than the individual's normal weekly hours of work in accordance with an approved plan in effect for the week.

-4-(b) SenateIF AmendmentsTHE toINDIVIDUAL S.B.IS APPLYING FOR A WEEKLY BENEFIT, PROVIDES A WEEKLY REPORT TO THE DEPARTMENT THAT DETAILS THE INDIVIDUAL'S WORK SEARCH ACTIONS FOR EVERY WEEK A BENEFIT IS SOUGHT.

1036 (b) IF THE INDIVIDUAL IS APPLYING FOR A WEEKLY BENEFIT, PROVIDES A WEEKLY REPORT TO THE DEPARTMENT THAT DETAILS THE INDIVIDUAL'S WORK SEARCH ACTIONS FOR EVERY WEEK A BENEFIT IS SOUGHT.

(c)- If4 benefits- haveS.B. been paid in respect to the week.

1036 (c) If benefits have been paid in respect to the week.

-5-1. Senate Amendments to S.B.

1036 1.

C.- 5 - S.B.

1036 C.

Except as provided in subsection D of this section, unless -6-the Senateclaimant Amendmentsor an interested party, within seven calendar days after the delivery of notification, or within fifteen calendar days after notification was mailed to S.B.the claimant's or interested party's last known address, files an appeal from the determination, it shall become final, and benefits shall be paid or denied in accordance with the determination.

1036 the claimant or an interested party, within seven calendar days after the delivery of notification, or within fifteen calendar days after notification was mailed to the claimant's or interested party's last known address, files an appeal from the determination, it shall become final, and benefits shall be paid or denied in accordance with the determination.

If an appeal tribunal affirms a determination- of6 the- deputyS.B. allowing benefits, or the appeals board affirms a determination or decision allowing benefits, the benefits shall be paid regardless of any appeal that may thereafter be taken, but if that decision is finally reversed, no employer's account shall be charged with benefits so paid.

1036 determination of the deputy allowing benefits, or the appeals board affirms a determination or decision allowing benefits, the benefits shall be paid regardless of any appeal that may thereafter be taken, but if that decision is finally reversed, no employer's account shall be charged with benefits so paid.

-7-F. Senate Amendments to S.B.

1036 F.

An interested party may appeal within the time prescribed under subsection B of this section, and the same procedure- shall7 be- followedS.B. as provided for in case of an appeal from the original determination.

1036 procedure shall be followed as provided for in case of an appeal from the original determination.

THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES BUREAU OF VITAL [RECORDS]RECORDS' [RECORDS'] DEATH RECORDS DATABASE OR A THIRD-PARTY, COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE DEATH RECORDS DATABASE.

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