HB0295 - Unemployment insurance-apprenticeships.
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2001 |
State of Wyoming |
01LSO-0640 |
HOUSE BILL NO. HB0295
Unemployment insurance-apprenticeships.
Sponsored by: Representative(s) Parady, Boswell and Reese
A BILL
for
1 AN ACT relating to
unemployment insurance; authorizing
2 payment
of benefits to individuals who are participating in
3
apprenticeship programs as specified; and providing for an
4
effective date.
5
6 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:
7
8 Section
1. W.S. 27-3-307 by creating a new subsection
9
(d) is amended to read:
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11 27-3-307. Eligibility when enrolled in
approved
12 training program; standards for training program approval.
13
14 (d) Notwithstanding W.S. 27-3-306(a)(i), (iii) and
15 (iv)
or 27-3-311(a)(ii) and (iii) or any federal law
16 relating
to availability for, active search for, failure to
17 apply
for, refusal to accept suitable work or waiting week
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1 requirements, an eligible individual is eligible for
2 benefits for any week if he:
3
4 (i) Is participating
in an apprenticeship
5 program;
6
7 (ii) Is attending a
program of related
8 instruction when the instruction does
not exceed four (4)
9 weeks during the benefit year of the
individual and the
10 attendance
in the instruction is required as a condition of
11 the
individual's continued employment and shall be
12 considered
to be in a program of instruction with the
13 approval
of the department;
14
15 (iii) Provides the department with a copy of his
16 apprenticeship
agreement; and
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18 (iv) Establishes to the satisfaction of the
19 department
that the training is scheduled by a work-related
20 entity
other than the claimant.
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22 Section 2. This act is effective July 1, 2001.
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24 (END)
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