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Alaska 30th Legislature
Insurer's Use Of Credit History/scores [SB-98]
[Insurance ]
[Consumer Protection ]
An Act relating to insurer actions based on credit history and insurance scores at insurance policy renewal; and providing for insurer consideration of consumer requests for exceptions of credit history or insurance scores.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
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Ak Workforce Investment Board;funds [SB-85]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Economic Development ]
An Act relating to allocations of funding for the Alaska Workforce Investment Board; and providing for an effective date.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Read The First Time - Referrals on 03/10/2017
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Alaska 30th Legislature
Unemployment Insurance Benefits [HB-142]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Unemployment ]
[Insurance ]
An Act relating to unemployment insurance benefits; increasing the maximum weekly unemployment insurance benefit rate; and providing for an effective date.
Sponsored by: Rep. Geran Tarr
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Ak Workforce Investment Board;funds [HB-141]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Economic Development ]
An Act relating to allocations of funding for the Alaska Workforce Investment Board; and providing for an effective date.
Sponsored by: Rep. Geran Tarr
11:00 Am 8/22/17 Transmitted To Governor on 10/06/2017
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Workforce & Ed Related Statistics Program [HB-221]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Education ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Economic Development ]
An Act relating to the duties of the Alaska Commission on Postsecondary Education; relating to a statewide workforce and education-related statistics program; relating to information obtained by the Department of Labor and Workforce Development; and providing for an effective date.
Sponsored by: Rep. Geran Tarr
3:05 Pm 6/13/18 Transmitted To Governor on 06/27/2018
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Tech & Voc Ed Prog;unemploy Contributions [HB-210]
[Education ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Unemployment ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Economic Development ]
An Act relating to the state training and employment program; and relating to the Alaska technical and vocational education program.
Sponsored by: Rep. Colleen Sullivan-Leonard
Read The First Time - Referrals on 04/05/2017
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Hawaii 2017 Regular Session
Relating To Unemployment. [SB-789]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Unemployment ]
Requires the department of labor and industrial relations to report U-6 figures alongside U-3 figures in the main text of reports and press releases related to the State's unemployment rate.
Sponsored by: Sen. Laura Thielen
Passed First Reading. on 01/23/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Labor and Employment - Unemployment Insurance - Independent Contractors and Severance Pay [SB-1192]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Unemployment ]
[Insurance ]
Specifying factors that must be evidenced in order for the Secretary of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation to be satisfied that the work that an individual performs under a specified contract is not covered employment for purposes of the unemployment insurance law; and providing for the application of specified provisions of law governing the effect of dismissal payments or wages in lieu of notice on unemployment benefits.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas McClain Middleton
Hearing 3/28 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/28/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
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Unemployment Insurance - Charge of Benefits - Waiver Due to Natural Disaster [SB-1169]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Insurance ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Unemployment ]
Authorizing the Secretary of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation to waive the charge of benefits against the earned rating record of an employing unit if the benefits are paid to a claimant during a specified period of unemployment because the employing unit shut down due to a natural disaster and the Governor declared a state of emergency due to the natural disaster; and providing that the waiver may be in effect only for a specified period.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas McClain Middleton
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 733 on 05/25/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Unemployment Insurance - Charge of Benefits - Waiver Due to Natural Disaster [HB-1642]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Insurance ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Unemployment ]
Authorizing the Secretary of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation to waive the charge of benefits against the earned rating record of an employing unit if the benefits are paid to a claimant during a specified period of unemployment because the employing unit shut down due to a natural disaster and the Governor declared a state of emergency due to the natural disaster; and providing that the waiver may be in effect only for a specified period.
Sponsored by: Rep. Bob Flanagan
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 03/03/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Unemployment Insurance - Exemption From Covered Employment for Nail Technicians - Repeal [SB-417]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Unemployment ]
Repealing a specified provision of the unemployment insurance law that provides that work is not covered employment under specified circumstances when performed by specified individuals who hold a limited license to provide nail technician services.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores G Kelley
Unfavorable Report By Finance on 02/27/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Economic Development - One Maryland Tax Credit - Expansion [HB-282]
[Economic Development ]
[Taxes ]
[Small Business ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Expanding the eligibility requirements for the One Maryland Economic Development Tax Credit to include specified qualified businesses that establish or expand a specified business facility that is located in a qualified distressed political subdivision; expanding eligibility for the credit by altering, under specified circumstances, the number of qualified positions that must be created and the eligible activities in which a person may engage at a new or expanded business facility; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Stephen W Lafferty
Hearing 2/08 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/08/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
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Unemployment Insurance - Electronic Transmission of Information and Documents - Authority [HB-135]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Unemployment ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Insurance ]
Authorizing the Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation, individuals, and employers to electronically send specified information and documents relating to unemployment insurance; and requiring the Department to adopt regulations establishing the methods and means for information and documents to be sent electronically.
Sponsored by: Rep. Economic Matters
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 250 on 04/18/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
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Unemployment Insurance - Recovery of Benefits - Collection by Assessment [HB-137]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Unemployment ]
[Insurance ]
Authorizing the Secretary of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation to recover unemployment insurance benefits by assessment in the same manner as provided in a specified provision of law for the assessment of past due contributions; requiring the Secretary, if the Secretary seeks to recover specified unemployment benefits by assessment, to allow a claimant to elect within 30 days of the date of the notice of assessment to have the amount collected by suit instead of by assessment; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Economic Matters
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 245 on 04/18/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
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Unemployment Insurance - Eligibility for Benefits - Business Operation Closings [HB-141]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Unemployment ]
[Insurance ]
Authorizing the Secretary of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation to exempt employees of an employer that closes its business operation or part of its business operation for a definite period not exceeding 10 weeks for inventory, vacation, or another purpose from the requirement to actively seek work during that period to be eligible to receive unemployment insurance benefits; and providing that a specified exemption may be granted only with respect to a specific business operation closing.
Sponsored by: Rep. Economic Matters
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 248 on 04/18/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
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Unemployment Insurance - Eligibility for Benefits - Business Operation Closings [SB-17]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Unemployment ]
[Insurance ]
Authorizing the Secretary of Labor, Licensing and Regulation to exempt employees of an employer that closes its business operation or part of its business operation for a definite period not exceeding 10 weeks for inventory, vacation, or another purpose from the requirement to actively seek work during that period to be eligible to receive unemployment insurance benefits; and providing that a specified exemption may be granted only with respect to a specific business operation closing.
Sponsored by: Sen. Finance
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 249 on 04/18/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
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Unemployment Insurance - Exemption From Covered Employment - Youth Sports Workers [SB-70]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Unemployment ]
[Sports ]
[Children and Youth ]
Providing that, under specified circumstances, work that is performed by qualifying youth sports workers for youth sports organizations is not covered employment under the unemployment insurance law.
Sponsored by: Sen. Stephen M. Waugh
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 262 on 04/18/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
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Unemployment Insurance - Recovery of Benefits - Collection by Assessment [SB-21]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Unemployment ]
[Insurance ]
Authorizing the Secretary of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation to recover unemployment insurance benefits by assessment in the same manner as provided in a specified provision of law for the assessment of past due contributions; and requiring the Secretary, if the Secretary seeks to recover specified unemployment benefits by assessment, to allow a claimant to elect, within 30 days of the date of the notice of assessment, to have the amount collected by suit instead of by assessment.
Sponsored by: Sen. Finance
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 244 on 04/18/2017
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US Congress 115th Congress
Invest in Our Communities Act [S.727]
[Immigration ]
[Economic Development ]
[Human Rights ]
[Community Development ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[National Security ]
[Human Services ]
Invest in Our Communities Act This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to: (1) exempt spouses and children of EB-5 investor immigrants from worldwide employment-based immigration limits, and (2) revise the fiscal year worldwide level of employment-based immigrant admissions. EB-5 visas are excluded from per country caps. EB-5 visas shall be made available to qualified immigrants who participate in a regional center program in the United States designated by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for the promotion of economic growth,
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Sponsored by: Sen. Rand Paul
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. on 03/27/2017
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US Congress 115th Congress
Keeping American Jobs Act [HB-1705]
[Immigration ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Trade ]
Keeping American Jobs Act This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to prohibit the admission of an H-1B visa (specialty occupation) nonimmigrant worker if the Department of Labor determines that the H-1B application was filed by the prospective employer for the primary purpose of using one or more U.S. workers to train the H-1B worker in the job duties and responsibilities of the U.S. workers in order to lay off the U.S. workers and move their job or jobs abroad, unless the application states that the employer did not and will not displace
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Sponsored by: Rep. Doug Collins
Referred To The Subcommittee On Immigration And Border Security. on 04/06/2017