Amendments to State Unemployment Insurance Laws
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
Washington, D.C. 20210
REPORT ON STATE LEGISLATION
REPORT NO. 4
December 2006
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA | B 510 (A.N. 16-589) |
ENACTED December 28, 2006 EFFECTIVE January 1, 2006 |
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Financing | ||
Amends state law to include SUTA dumping prevention provisions which:
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MISSOURI | HB 1456 (CH 288) |
ENACTED June 14, 2006 EFFECTIVE October 1, 2006 |
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Administration | ||
Requires the Directors of the Division of Employment Security and the Division of Workforce Development to submit
a report annually to the General Assembly and the Governor, by October 15, 2006, outlining their recommendations
for how to improve work search verification and claimant reemployment activities. Subsequent reports must be
submitted by December 31 each year. Allows designated staff in an employment security office (i.e. one-stop career centers) to direct a claimant to apply for available suitable work. Allows the use of collection agencies, to the extent allowed by federal law, to collect any uncollectible debt (i.e. benefit overpayments and delinquent taxes). |
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Appeals | ||
Allows the appeals tribunal to reconsider any decision or order within 30 days, regardless of whether any party to the decision has initiated a further appeal. | ||
Extensions and Special Programs | ||
Prohibits the division from denying shared work benefits as a result of the week containing holiday earnings that are committed to be paid by the employer, unless the shared work benefits to be paid are for the same hours as the holiday earnings. | ||
Financing | ||
Deletes the existing statutory definition of lessor and replaces it by referencing the definition in the
Federal Register. Clarifies that the taxable wage base trigger is the average 4 quarter balance as of September 30. Removes the sunset provision due to expire December 31, 2007, on the temporary debt indebtedness assessment. Changes the formula for calculating the assessment to pay principal, interest, and administrative expense related to credit instruments and financial agreements (bonds and commercial loans). Under the new formula the amount due from each employer is calculated based upon their experience rate. Additionally, the date employers are notified of an assessment was moved from January 30 to April 30. Removes the sunset provisions due to expire January 15, 2008, on the issuance of credit instruments and financial agreements, and extends their maximum maturity date (from 3 years to 10 years after issuance). Clarifies that during CY 2009, the taxable wage base will not increase beyond $12,500 (previously $12,000). |
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Monetary Entitlement | ||
Modifies the computation of, and the maximum, weekly benefit as follows:
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Nonmonetary Eligibility | ||
Modifies the alcohol and drug related misconduct provision as follows:
Provides that absenteeism or tardiness may constitute a rebuttable presumption of misconduct. |
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Overpayments | ||
Establishes uniform recovery options for fraud and non-fraud overpayments to include:
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