Bill Text: WV SB316 | 2017 | Regular Session | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Requiring individuals receiving unemployment compensation apply for and accept seasonal employment
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2017-03-27 - To House Industry and Labor [SB316 Detail]
Download: West_Virginia-2017-SB316-Comm_Sub.html
WEST virginia legislature
2017 regular session
Committee Substitute
for
Senate Bill 316
By Senator Blair
[Originating in the Committee on the Workforce; reported on March 23, 2017]
A BILL to amend and reenact §21A-6-1a of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to seasonal employment in connection with unemployment compensation benefits; establishing that seasonal employment shall not be distinguishable from employment in general for unemployment compensation benefits determination; and clarifying that seasonal employment has no bearing on ability to file a claim for unemployment benefits provided other eligibility requirements are satisfied.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That §21A-6-1a of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 6. employee eligibility; benefits.
§21A-6-1a. Seasonal employment.
An individual working less than one hundred days during his
base period in an industry recognized as seasonal, such as food processing and
canning, shall not be eligible for benefits unless he has earned wages during
his base period in other covered employment equal to not less than $100. No distinction shall be made between employees in general
and employees who work on a seasonal basis. The fact that an employee may have
only seasonal employment has no bearing on his or her ability to file a claim
for benefits following the loss of such employment provided all eligibility
qualifications of this chapter are satisfied.
