75th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2009 Regular Session
 
NOTE:  Matter within  { +  braces and plus signs + } in an
amended section is new. Matter within  { -  braces and minus
signs - } is existing law to be omitted. New sections are within
 { +  braces and plus signs + } .
 
LC 3106
 
                           A-Engrossed
 
                         House Bill 3140
                  Ordered by the House April 22
            Including House Amendments dated April 22
 
Sponsored by Representative SHIELDS
 
 
                             SUMMARY
 
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure.
 
    { - Eliminates waiting week requirement for eligibility for
unemployment insurance benefits. - }
    { - Sunsets for weeks ending after May 30, 2010. - }
   { +  Extends period of time during which eligible individual
may receive work benefits under shared work plan. + }
  Declares emergency, effective on passage.
 
                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to unemployment insurance benefits; amending ORS
  657.380; and declaring an emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1. ORS 657.380 is amended to read:
  657.380. (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this
chapter, for the purposes of ORS 657.370 to 657.390, an
individual is unemployed and eligible to receive shared work
benefits with respect to any week if, in addition to meeting all
other eligibility requirements of this chapter, except as
specifically excepted in subsection (4) of this section, the
Director of the Employment Department finds:
  (a) During the week the individual is employed as a member of
an affected group in an approved plan which was approved prior to
the week and is in effect for the week.
  (b) During the week the individual's normal weekly hours of
work were reduced, in accordance with an approved plan, at least
20 percent but not more than 40 percent, with a corresponding
reduction in wages.
  (2) Shared work benefits shall not be paid to an eligible
individual for more than   { - 26 - }   { + 52 + } weeks under an
approved plan or modification thereof.
  (3) The total amount of regular benefits and shared work
benefits paid to an individual in a benefit year shall not exceed
the total for the benefit year as provided in ORS 657.150 (5).
  (4) An otherwise eligible individual shall not be denied
benefits under this section because of the application of any
provision of this chapter relating to availability for work,
active search for work or refusal to apply for or accept work
from other than the individual's shared work employer.
 
  SECTION 2.  { + This 2009 Act being necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency
is declared to exist, and this 2009 Act takes effect on its
passage. + }
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