Introduced
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To increase the multiplier that is used to calculate an unemployed person's weekly unemployment insurance benefit rate, from 4.1 percent to 4.4 percent of the person's highest paid quarterly period (13 weeks), and increase the base period wage calculation from 43 percent to 45 percent. The first change would mean an increase in the non-maximum unemployment insurance benefit of approximately seven percent, and the second would increase in the number of weeks of benefits are payable to an individual, up to the maximum 26-week limit. This would also cause an increase in the maximum chargeable benefits tax rate for employers. House Bill 6425 would increase the maximum benefit from $362 to $408, and this bill would increase benefits to those who qualify for less than the maximum.
Referred to the Committee on Employment Relations, Training, and Safety
