93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB6615


 
Introduced 02/09/04, by Larry McKeon
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		














820 ILCS 405/402
  from Ch. 48, par. 402







    Amends the Unemployment Insurance Act. In language providing that the receipt of certain wages reduces weekly benefits payable to an individual, provides that benefits payable for any week shall not be reduced by any amount of remuneration paid to the individual with respect to that week for services as a member of the Illinois National Guard or the Armed Forces Reserve. Effective immediately.
















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HB6615

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    AN ACT concerning employment.

 
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    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
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represented in the General Assembly:


 
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    Section 5. The Unemployment Insurance Act is amended  by 
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changing Section 402 as follows:
 



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    (820 ILCS 405/402)  (from Ch. 48, par. 402)



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    Sec. 402. Reduced weekly benefits. Each eligible 
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individual who is unemployed
in any week, as defined in
Section 
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239, shall be paid, with respect to such week, a benefit in an

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amount equal to his weekly benefit amount (plus dependents' 
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allowances)
less that part of wages (if
any) payable to him 
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with respect to such week which is in excess of 50%
of his 
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weekly benefit amount,
provided that such benefit for any 
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benefit week shall be reduced by:
(1) the amount
of any holiday 
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pay which the individual is entitled to receive, and receives,

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for any workday in such week, and (2) the amount of any 
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vacation wages
allocated to such week by the individual's 
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employer pursuant to Section
610 of this Act, and (3)
one-fifth 
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of the weekly
benefit amount for each normal workday during 
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which such individual is
unable to work or unavailable for 
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work, and provided, further, that this
subsection shall not be 
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construed so as to effect any change in the
status of part-time 
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workers as defined in Section 407. Such benefit, if
not a 
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multiple of $1, shall be computed to the next higher multiple 
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of
$1. Benefits payable to an individual for any week shall not 
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be reduced pursuant to this Section by any amount of 
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remuneration paid to the individual with respect to that week 
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for services as a member of the Illinois National Guard or the 
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Armed Forces Reserve.


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(Source: P.A. 82-22.)

 

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    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
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becoming law.