Bureau/Division/Agency

Labor; Unemployment Compensation; Legislature; Office of Policy and Legal Analysis

Document Type

Text

Exact Creation Date

2-9-1998

Description

The Commission to Study the Unemployment Compensation System was created by Resolves 1997, chapter 65. The Commission was first convened on September 24, 1997, and it met at least monthly through January 27, 1998. The Department of Labor abstained from participating in the decision making, which left nine voting members.

The Commission was charged with studying the unemployment compensation system to assess whether it is meeting the changing needs of the labor force and the business community. In particular, the Commission was to examine and report on the following issues:

  • The seasonality exclusion;
  • The disqualification from benefits of persons who lose work due to child care problems;
  • The disqualification from benefits of persons who lose work due to transportation problems;
  • The disqualification from benefits of persons who seek part-time work;
  • The timeliness of the extended benefit trigger;
  • The adequacy of benefit duration in the dislocated worker benefit program;
  • The solvency of the Unemployment Compensation Fund and the experience rating system; and
  • The minimum earnings thresholds.

The Commission was unable to agree on all recommendations and therefore issued both a majority report and a minority report.

Language

English

Download

File Size

217 KB

Files over 3MB may be slow to open. For best results, right-click and select "Save As"


Share

COinS
 

Rights Statement

Rights Statement

No Copyright - United States. URI: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
The organization that has made the Item available believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. The Item may not be in the Public Domain under the laws of other countries. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information.