S1568: Reemployment Assistance

Legislative Summary

Revising requirements for reemployment assistance benefits eligibility; prohibiting the Department of Economic Opportunity from denying a person reemployment assistance solely on the basis of pregnancy; requiring an alternative base period to be used under certain circumstances when calculating wages in determining qualification for reemployment assistance benefits; requiring the department to contact an individual's employer if certain wage information is unavailable from specified reports; specifying that wages that fall within an alternative base period are not available for reuse in subsequent benefit years, etc.