CHAPTER 148 SB 330-FN - FINAL VERSION SESSION 24-2816 12/05 SENATE BILL 330-FN AN ACT relative to allowing the ability to work from home to count toward unemployment benefits eligibility.

SPONSORS:

Sen.

Perkins Kwoka, Dist 21;

Sen.

Soucy, Dist 18;

Sen.

Pearl, Dist 17;

Sen.

Altschiller, Dist 24;

Sen.

Chandley, Dist 11;

M.MacKenzie, Hills.

Cahill,40 Rock.May 8, 2024 2024-1865h 12/08 Amendment to SB 330-FN Amend the title of the bill by replacing it with the following:

103 COMMITTEE:AN ACT relative to allowing the ability to work from home to count toward unemployment benefits eligibility and updated weekly unemployment benefit amount for total unemployment and maximum total amount of benefits payable with effective dates through January 1, 2027.

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MatterMaximum removedTotal fromAmount currentof lawBenefits. appears [in brackets and struckthrough.] Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

CHAPTERRSA 148282-A:25 SBis 330-FNrepealed -and FINALreenacted VERSION 24-2816 12/05 STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four AN ACT relative to allowingread theas abilityfollows: to work from home to count toward unemployment benefits eligibility.

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148:1The Disqualificationmaximum forweekly Unemploymentbenefit Benefits;amount and maximum benefits payable to an eligible individual, the first day of whose individual benefit year is on or after the effective date of this paragraph, shall be determined by the individual's annual earnings, of which in each of 2 calendar quarters the individual must have earned not less than $1,400, as follows:

WorkAnnual FromEarnings Home.of Maximum Weekly Not Less Than Benefit Amount Maximum Benefits $2800 $32 $840 3100 35 910 3400 39 1020 3900 45 1170 4200 48 1260 4500 52 1350 4800 55 1400 5100 59 1530 5600 64 1664 6100 69 1794 6600 75 1950 7000 80 2080 7400 83 2158 7800 88 2288 Amendment to SB 330-FN - Page 2 - 8200 92 2392 8600 96 2496 9000 101 2626 9500 106 2756 10000 112 2912 10500 117 3042 11000 122 3172 11500 128 3328 12500 141 3666 13500 154 4004 14500 164 4264 15500 177 4602 16500 183 4758 17500 194 5044 18500 205 5330 19500 216 5616 20500 230 5980 21500 238 6188 22500 249 6474 23500 262 6812 24500 271 7046 25500 283 7358 26500 294 7644 27500 306 7956 28500 317 8242 29500 327 8502 30500 341 8866 31500 351 9126 32500 360 9360 33500 372 9672 34500 383 9958 35500 395 10270 36500 410 10660 37500 415 10790 38500 427 11102 39500 443 11518 40500 449 11674 Amendment to SB 330-FN - Page 3 - 41500 460 11960 3 New Section;

AmendWeekly RSABenefit 282-A:39Amount. to read as follows:

282-A:39Amend UnavailableRSA for282-A Work.by inserting after section 282-A:25 the following new section:

An282-A:25-a individualWeekly shallBenefit notAmount. be [disqualified] eligible for benefits for any week or weeks during any part of which [he] the individual is not available for work outside [a] of the individual's home, [irrespective of his reason for refusing to be available for work outside a home.] unless work to be conducted within the individual’s home offers a reasonable expectation of substantial employment opportunities based upon rules adopted by the commissioner pursuant to RSA 541-A.

148:2I. Effective Date.

ThisIn actaddition to RSA 281-A:25, effective January 1, 2025 the maximum weekly benefit amount and maximum benefits payable to an eligible individual, the first day of whose individual benefit year is on or after the effective date of this paragraph, shall takebe effectdetermined uponby itsthe passage.individual's annual earnings, of which in each of 2 calendar quarters the individual must have earned not less than $1,400, as follows:

Approved:Annual Earnings of Maximum Weekly Not Less Than Benefit Amount Maximum Benefits $42500 $471 $12246 43500 482 12532 44500 499 12974 45500 505 13130 46500 516 13416 47500 532 13832 48500 537 13962 II.

JulyIn 03,addition 2024to EffectiveRSA Date:281-A:25, and RSA 281-A:25-a, I, effective January 1, 2026 the maximum weekly benefit amount and maximum benefits payable to an eligible individual, the first day of whose individual benefit year is on or after the effective date of this paragraph, shall be determined by the individual's annual earnings, of which in each of 2 calendar quarters the individual must have earned not less than $1,400, as follows:

JulyAnnual 03,Earnings 2024of Maximum Weekly Not Less Than Benefit Amount Maximum Benefits $49500 $556 $14456 50500 568 14768 51500 570 14820 52500 582 15132 53500 600 15600 54500 610 15860 III.

In addition to RSA 281-A:25, and RSA 281-A:25-a, I, and II, effective January 1, 2027 the maximum weekly benefit amount and maximum benefits payable to an eligible individual, the first day of whose individual benefit year is on or after the effective date of this paragraph, shall be determined by the individual's annual earnings, of which in each of 2 calendar quarters the individual must have earned not less than $1,400, as follows:

Annual Earnings of Maximum Weekly Amendment to SB 330-FN - Page 4 - Not Less Than Benefit Amount Maximum Benefits $55500 $623 $16198 56500 625 16250 57500 639 16614 58500 650 16900 59500 659 17134 60000 672 17472 4 Effective Date.

I.

Section 1 of this act shall take effect upon its passage.

II.

The remainder of this act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

Amendment to SB 330-FN - Page 5 - 2024-1865h AMENDED ANALYSIS This bill allows the ability to work from home to count toward unemployment benefits eligibility and updated weekly unemployment benefit amount for total unemployment and maximum total amount of benefits payable with effective dates through January 1, 2027.