Text: HF00446 Text: HF00448 Text: HF00400 - HF00499 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 96.4, subsection 4, Code 2003, is 1 2 amended to read as follows: 1 3 4. a. The individual has been paid wages for insured work 1 4 during the individual's base period in an amount at least one 1 5 and one-quarter times the wages paid to the individual during 1 6 that quarter of the individual's base period in which the 1 7 individual's wages were highest; provided that the individual 1 8 has been paid wages for insured work totaling at least three 1 9 and five-tenths percent of the statewide average annual wage 1 10 for insured work, computed for the preceding calendar year if 1 11 the individual's benefit year begins on or after the first 1 12 full week in July and computed for the second preceding 1 13 calendar year if the individual's benefit year begins before 1 14 the first full week in July, in that calendar quarter in the 1 15 individual's base period in which the individual's wages were 1 16 highest, and the individual has been paid wages for insured 1 17 work totaling at least one-half of the amount of wages 1 18 required under this subsection in the calendar quarter of the 1 19 base period in which the individual's wages were highest, in a 1 20 calendar quarter in the individual's base period other than 1 21 the calendar quarter in which the individual's wages were 1 22 highest. The calendar quarter wage requirements shall be 1 23 rounded to the nearest multiple of ten dollars. 1 24 b. For any benefit year beginning on or after July 1, 1 25 2004, for an individual who does not have sufficient wages in 1 26 the base period, as defined in section 96.19, to otherwise 1 27 qualify for benefits pursuant to this subsection, the 1 28 individual's base period shall be the last four completed 1 29 calendar quarters immediately preceding the first day of the 1 30 individual's benefit year if such period qualifies the 1 31 individual for benefits under this subsection. The director 1 32 shall adopt rules for obtaining any additional wage 1 33 information needed to calculate the base period under this 1 34 paragraph if such information is not available to the 1 35 department in a timely manner from regular quarterly reports 2 1 of wage information. 2 2 (1) Wages that fall within the extraordinary base period 2 3 established under this paragraph "b" are not available for 2 4 qualifying for benefits in any subsequent benefit year. 2 5 (2) For claims filed pursuant to an arrangement under 2 6 section 96.20, the base period is that base period applicable 2 7 under the unemployment compensation law of the paying state. 2 8 c. If the individual has drawn benefits in any benefit 2 9 year, the individual must during or subsequent to that year, 2 10 work in and be paid wages for insured work totaling at least 2 11 two hundred fifty dollars, as a condition to receive benefits 2 12 in the next benefit year. 2 13 EXPLANATION 2 14 This bill provides for an alternate method of calculating 2 15 the base period, to determine the monetary attachment-to-the- 2 16 workforce eligibility of individuals for unemployment 2 17 benefits, in cases where the current method of calculation 2 18 makes an individual ineligible for unemployment benefits. 2 19 Currently, the base period consists of the first four 2 20 calendar quarters of the five calendar quarters immediately 2 21 preceding the calendar quarter in which the claim for 2 22 unemployment benefits is filed. This bill would move the base 2 23 period closer, by one quarter, to the benefit claim filing 2 24 date so that the base period would consist of the first four 2 25 calendar quarters immediately preceding the calendar quarter 2 26 in which the claim for unemployment benefits is filed. 2 27 The bill would apply to individual benefit years beginning 2 28 on or after July 1, 2004. 2 29 LSB 2091HH 80 2 30 kk/cl/14
Text: HF00446 Text: HF00448 Text: HF00400 - HF00499 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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