AN ACT CONCERNING UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS FOR CERTAIN MILITARY SPOUSES.


General Assembly		*Proposed Bill No. 5153*
*January Session, 2007*		LCO No. 316

Referred to Committee on Labor and Public Employees
Introduced by:
REP. HAMZY, 78th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS FOR CERTAIN MILITARY SPOUSES.

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

That subsection (a) of section 31-236 of the general statutes be amended to permit an individual to receive unemployment benefits when the individual leaves work to accompany a spouse who is on active duty with the armed services of the United States and is required by such service to relocate.

Statement of Purpose:

To provide unemployment compensation benefits to individuals who leave their jobs to accompany a relocated military spouse.