Revises provisions relating to unemployment compensation. (BDR 53-1139)
AN ACT relating to unemployment compensation; requiring the Administrator of the Employment Security Division of the Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation to establish and maintain a computerized system for the processing of claims for benefits; revising provisions relating to certain determinations made by the Administrator concerning eligibility for benefits; creating the Office of the Ombudsman for Unemployment Benefits; requiring all benefits to be paid by check; requiring the Administrator to post certain information on an Internet website; revising the base period for determining entitlement to benefits; revising provisions relating to the electronic provision of certain documents and communications; revising provisions relating to the confidentiality of certain information concerning unemployment compensation; revising provisions relating to the overpayment of benefits; authorizing an extended benefit period to begin before the 14th week following the end of a prior extended benefit period under certain circumstances; removing provisions authorizing the Administrator to suspend, modify, amend or waive certain requirements under certain circumstances; revising procedures and requirements concerning certain appeals; modifying certain requirements concerning benefits paid in calendar year 2020; making an appropriation; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.