102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB4405

 

Introduced 1/21/2022, by Rep. Chris Bos

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
820 ILCS 405/607  from Ch. 48, par. 437

    Amends the Unemployment Insurance Act. Provides that an individual who is receiving unemployment benefits may notify the Department of Employment Security that the individual elects to interrupt his or her eligibility period so that the individual may engage in temporary employment. Provides that an individual who makes such an election is ineligible for benefits during the period of interruption. Provides that, when the temporary employment ends, the individual may notify the Department of the individual's election to resume his or her eligibility for benefits for the remainder of the 26 weeks if the individual is otherwise eligible. Requires the Department to adopt rules and to post a notice on its website that explains the right to make an election. Provides that an election to interrupt benefits may not be made on or after January 1, 2023. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning employment.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Unemployment Insurance Act is amended by
5changing Section 607 as follows:
 
6    (820 ILCS 405/607)  (from Ch. 48, par. 437)
7    Sec. 607. Ineligibility after 26 weeks - Work requirement
8for second benefit year.
9    A. An individual shall be ineligible for benefits
10whenever, in any period commencing with a compensable week of
11unemployment, he has been allowed his full weekly benefit
12amount for each of twenty-six weeks, until he has earned wages
13equal to at least three times his current weekly benefit
14amount in bona fide work, reduced by an amount equal to his
15current weekly benefit amount for each week, if any, in which
16he was not unemployed within such period, whereupon he shall
17again, if otherwise eligible, be permitted to receive his full
18weekly benefit amount for twenty-six weeks.
19    If, however, a compensable week of unemployment is
20followed by three or more weeks (not necessarily consecutive)
21in each of which he earned wages for bona fide work equal to at
22least his then current weekly benefit amount, such period
23shall be deemed to commence immediately after the last week in

 

 

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1which he earned such wages.
2    This subsection is applicable only to weeks in benefit
3years which begin prior to January 1, 1972.
4    A-1. Notwithstanding subsection A, an individual who is
5receiving benefits may notify the Department that the
6individual elects to interrupt the individual's eligibility
7period so that the individual may engage in temporary
8employment. An individual who makes such an election is
9ineligible for benefits during the period of interruption.
10When the temporary employment ends, the individual may notify
11the Department of the individual's election to resume the
12individual's eligibility for benefits for the remainder of the
1326 weeks if the individual is otherwise eligible. The
14Department shall adopt rules to implement this subsection A-1.
15The Department shall post a notice on its website that
16explains the right to make an election under this subsection
17A-1. An election under this subsection A-1 to interrupt
18benefits may not be made on or after January 1, 2023.
19    B. An individual shall be ineligible for benefits for any
20week in a benefit year which begins on or after January 1,
211972, unless, subsequent to the beginning of his immediately
22preceding benefit year with respect to which benefits were
23paid to him, he performed bona fide work and earned
24remuneration for such work equal to at least 3 times his
25current weekly benefit amount.
26(Source: P.A. 77-1443.)
 

 

 

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1    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
2becoming law.