HB 1277

Bill Subjects

Labor And Employment, Unemployment Compensation Labor And Employment, Worker's Compensation

Abstract

Establishes a work sharing unemployment insurance program. Requires an employer to submit a work sharing plan for approval by the commissioner of the department of workforce development. Establishes the work sharing benefit as equal to an employee's unemployment benefit reduced by a percentage equal to the percentage of the employee's normal weekly work hours that the employee works under the approved work sharing plan.