House Sponsors: PARKE-SCHAKOWSKY. Senate Sponsors: LAUZEN-GARCIA Short description: UNEMPL INS-WAGES AND WKLY WAGE Synopsis of Bill as introduced: Amends the Unemployment Insurance Act. In provisions setting the statewide average weekly wage and the maximum amount of remuneration to be considered as wages for purposes of the Act, eliminates language changing those amounts for 1998. Effective immediately. HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1. Deletes everything. Makes stylistic changes in the Sections of the Act that were amended in the bill as introduced. SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 1. Makes a stylistic change. CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT NO. 1. (Adopted in House only) Recommends that the Senate recede from S-am 1. Recommends that the bill be further amended as follows: Adds reference to: 820 ILCS 405/301 from Ch. 48, par. 381 820 ILCS 405/500 from Ch. 48, par. 420 820 ILCS 405/1300 from Ch. 48, par. 540 820 ILCS 405/1400 from Ch. 48, par. 550 820 ILCS 405/1507 from Ch. 48, par. 577 820 ILCS 405/2201 from Ch. 48, par. 681 820 ILCS 405/2201.1 from Ch. 48, par. 681.1 Deletes everything. Amends the Unemployment Insurance Act. Provides that with respect to the year 2002 (now, 1998), the term "wages" includes only the remuneration paid to an individual by an employer that does not exceed $10,000; for other years, the terms includes only the remuneration that does not exceed $9,000. Deletes provision that the statewide average weekly wage for the benefit period of 1998 is $491; provides that the statewide average weekly wage for the benefit period of 2002 is $539. Provides that the Director of Employment Security can make a determination on his or her own initiative that an employing unit has ceased to be an employer. Makes changes in the manner in which an unemployed individual reports to the Department of Employment Security where the individual has sought work. Deletes language in provisions regarding determining an employer's contribution rates that requires an employer to report when the employer succeeds to substantially all of the employing enterprises of another employing unit or face a penalty. Makes changes in provisions pertaining to the authority of the Department to disregard amounts payable by employers and credit balances owing to employers when the amounts are less than $2. Makes other changes. Effective immediately. Last action on Bill: SESSION SINE DIE Last action date: 99-01-12 Location: House Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE - 1 SENATE - 1 END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Status