Introduced
by
To suspend for the duration of the coronavirus epidemic emergency various limits and requirements on state unemployment insurance benefits for layoffs related to the epidemic. Among other things benefits would be payable for up to 26 weeks instead of 20 weeks; benefit payments would not be charged to an employer’s unemployment payroll tax account; workers would not have to seek another job; “work-sharing” plans would be allowed and more.
Referred to the Committee on Government Operations
