WEST virginia Legislature

2016 regular session

Introduced

Senate Bill 643

By Senator Blair

[Introduced February 20, 2016;
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.]

A BILL to amend and reenact §21A-6-1a of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to requiring individuals receiving unemployment compensation to apply for seasonal employment.

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. CHILD LABOR.

§21A-6-1a. Seasonal employment.

An individual working less than one hundred days during his or her base period in an industry recognized as seasonal, such as food processing and canning, or during the holiday season, shall not be eligible for benefits unless he or she has earned wages during his or her base period in other covered employment equal to not less than $100. Individuals receiving unemployment compensation must seek out seasonal employment.  If the seasonal employment does not fully remediate the individual’s loss of benefits, then the individual may still collect twenty percent of his or her entitled unemployment benefits.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to require individuals receiving unemployment compensation to seek out seasonal employment.

Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.