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Employment Department backs HB 3024 to remove an 8-times penalty from unemployment benefits
Summary
The Oregon Employment Department urged the Senate committee to pass House Bill 3024, which would eliminate an 8-times reduction penalty on a worker’s maximum unemployment benefit amount after disqualification and requalification; department officials said the change simplifies administration and would have a small fiscal impact.
The Oregon Employment Department and legal-aid advocates urged the Senate Committee on Labor and Business to support House Bill 3024 on May 15, 2025. The bill would remove a penalty that reduces a requalified claimant’s maximum unemployment benefit amount by eight times the weekly benefit after a disqualifying separation.
Lindsay Leahy, unemployment insurance division director at the Oregon Employment Department, told the committee that current law…
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