AN ACT DENYING UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION BENEFITS TO INDIVIDUALS UNABLE TO WORK BECAUSE OF A VIOLATION OF THE LAW.


General Assembly		*Proposed Bill No. 6292*
*January Session, 2005*		LCO No. 911

Referred to Committee on Labor and Public Employees
Introduced by:
REP. MOUKAWSHER, 40th Dist.

AN ACT DENYING UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION BENEFITS TO INDIVIDUALS UNABLE TO WORK BECAUSE OF A VIOLATION OF THE LAW.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That chapter 567 of the general statutes be amended to disqualify any individual from receiving unemployment compensation benefits whose inability to work is due to such individual's violation of a criminal, motor vehicle or other law.

Statement of Purpose:

To protect employers from the expense of paying unemployment benefits for an employee who is unable to work solely because of the employee's violation of the law.