Last Action | 03/12/19: recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H) |
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Title | AN ACT relating to re-employment assistance. |
Bill Documents | Introduced |
Fiscal Impact Statement | Local Mandate |
Bill Request Number | 950 |
Sponsor | R. Webber |
Summary of Original Version | Amend KRS 341.380 to reduce the percentage used to set weekly benefit rate, to increase trigger amounts for the trust fund balance as related to the weekly benefits amount; to reduce the number of times to pay weekly benefits from 26 to 20; to tier down payments beginning at 125% of the weekly benefit rate for 5 weeks to 100% for the following 5 weeks then to 75 % for the third 5 weeks and 50% of the weekly benefits for the remainder of the award, except for employees classified as recall employees who receive 100% of the weekly benefit; provide that certain classified employees cannot change classification during benefit year; and if extended benefits have are federal funded, that the secretary may extend the number of times to pay to 26. |
Index Headings of Original Version |
Local Mandate - Unemployment insurance, weekly benefits, changing Unemployment Compensation - Weekly benefits Workforce - Unemployment insurance, weekly benefits, changing |
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House Floor Amendment 1 House Floor Amendment 2 House Floor Amendment 3 House Floor Amendment 4 House Floor Amendment 5 |
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Amendment | House Floor Amendment 1 |
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Sponsor | A. Gentry |
Summary | Amend to restore number of times to pay weekly benefits to 26. |
Index Headings |
Unemployment Compensation - Weekly benefits, number of payments Workforce - Unemployment insurance, number of weekly benefits Labor and Industry - Unemployment insurance, number of weekly benefits |
Amendment | House Floor Amendment 2 |
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Sponsor | A. Gentry |
Summary | Reinstate the 26 week times the weekly benefit rate for employees; reward employees who become reemployed during the first 15 weeks of unemployment benefits. |
Index Headings |
Labor and Industry - Unemployment insurance, 26 weeks for the weekly benefit Labor and Industry - Unemployment compensation, give incentives for employees who become reemployed in the first 15 weeks Personnel and Employment - Unemployment compensation, give incentives for employees who become reemployed in the first 15 weeks Personnel and Employment - Unemployment insurance, 26 weeks for the weekly benefit Unemployment Compensation - Incentives for employees who become reemployed in first 15 weeks Unemployment Compensation - 26 weeks from 20 weeks Workforce - Unemployment compensation, give incentives for employees who become reemployed in the first 15 weeks Workforce - Unemployment insurance, 26 weeks for the weekly benefit |
Amendment | House Floor Amendment 3 |
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Sponsor | A. Gentry |
Summary | Amend to increase the weekly benefit rate of a worker by $20 for each dependent. |
Index Headings |
Labor and Industry - Unemployment insurance, increase weekly benefit rate of worker for each dependent of worker Unemployment Compensation - Weekly benefit rate, increase for each dependent of worker |
Amendment | House Floor Amendment 4 |
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Sponsor | A. Gentry |
Summary | Amend to increase the percentage used to set weekly benefit rate. |
Index Headings |
Labor and Industry - Unemployment insurance, calculation of weekly benefit rate Unemployment Compensation - Weekly benefit rate, method of calculation Workforce - Unemployment insurance, calculation of weekly benefit rate |
Amendment | House Floor Amendment 5 |
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Sponsor | A. Gentry |
Summary | Remove change to the trigger points for the trust fund balance as it relates to the weekly benefit calculation and replace with lesser trigger points. |
Index Headings |
Labor and Industry - Unemployment insurance, replace trigger points of the trust fund balance Personnel and Employment - Unemployment insurance, replace trigger points of the trust fund balance Unemployment Compensation - Trigger points of the trust fund balance as related to the weekly benefit rate Workforce - Unemployment insurance, replace trigger points of the trust fund balance |
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