Bill Text: MN HF2551 | 2011-2012 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Unemployment compensation benefit amount calculation changed.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-02-27 - Introduction and first reading, referred to Jobs and Economic Development Finance [HF2551 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2011-HF2551-Introduced.html
1.2relating to unemployment compensation; changing the benefit amount
1.3calculation;amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 268.035, subdivision
1.419; 268.07, subdivision 2a.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 268.035, subdivision 19, is amended to
1.7read:
1.8 Subd. 19. Highquarter two quarters. "High quarter two quarters" means the
1.9two calendarquarter quarters in an applicant's base period with the highest amount of
1.10wage credits.
1.11EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective December 30, 2012.
1.12 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 268.07, subdivision 2a, is amended to read:
1.13 Subd. 2a. Weekly unemployment benefit amount and maximum amount of
1.14unemployment benefits available. (a) If an applicant has established a benefit account
1.15under subdivision 2, the weekly unemployment benefit amount available during the
1.16applicant's benefit year is the higher of:
1.17 (1) 50 percent of the applicant's average weekly wage during the base period, to a
1.18maximum of 66-2/3 percent of the state's average weekly wage; or
1.19 (2) 50 percent of the applicant's average weekly wage during the highquarter two
1.20quarters, to a maximum of 43 percent of the state's average weekly wage.
1.21 The applicant's average weekly wage under clause (1) is computed by dividing
1.22the total wage credits by 52. The applicant's average weekly wage under clause (2) is
1.23computed by dividing the highquarter two quarters wage credits by 13 26.
2.1 (b) The state's maximum weekly benefit amount, computed in accordance with
2.2section268.035, subdivision 23 , applies to a benefit account established effective on or
2.3after the last Sunday in October. Once established, an applicant's weekly unemployment
2.4benefit amount is not affected by the last Sunday in October change in the state's maximum
2.5weekly unemployment benefit amount.
2.6 (c) The maximum amount of unemployment benefits available on any benefit
2.7account is the lower of:
2.8 (1) 33-1/3 percent of the applicant's total wage credits; or
2.9 (2) 26 times the applicant's weekly unemployment benefit amount.
2.10EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective for benefit accounts established
2.11on or after December 30, 2012.
1.3calculation;amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 268.035, subdivision
1.419; 268.07, subdivision 2a.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 268.035, subdivision 19, is amended to
1.7read:
1.8 Subd. 19. High
1.9two calendar
1.10wage credits.
1.11EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective December 30, 2012.
1.12 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 268.07, subdivision 2a, is amended to read:
1.13 Subd. 2a. Weekly unemployment benefit amount and maximum amount of
1.14unemployment benefits available. (a) If an applicant has established a benefit account
1.15under subdivision 2, the weekly unemployment benefit amount available during the
1.16applicant's benefit year is the higher of:
1.17 (1) 50 percent of the applicant's average weekly wage during the base period, to a
1.18maximum of 66-2/3 percent of the state's average weekly wage; or
1.19 (2) 50 percent of the applicant's average weekly wage during the high
1.20quarters, to a maximum of 43 percent of the state's average weekly wage.
1.21 The applicant's average weekly wage under clause (1) is computed by dividing
1.22the total wage credits by 52. The applicant's average weekly wage under clause (2) is
1.23computed by dividing the high
2.1 (b) The state's maximum weekly benefit amount, computed in accordance with
2.2section
2.3after the last Sunday in October. Once established, an applicant's weekly unemployment
2.4benefit amount is not affected by the last Sunday in October change in the state's maximum
2.5weekly unemployment benefit amount.
2.6 (c) The maximum amount of unemployment benefits available on any benefit
2.7account is the lower of:
2.8 (1) 33-1/3 percent of the applicant's total wage credits; or
2.9 (2) 26 times the applicant's weekly unemployment benefit amount.
2.10EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective for benefit accounts established
2.11on or after December 30, 2012.
