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Tennessee committee OKs bill letting labor commissioner waive unemployment rules during declared disasters
Summary
The Finance, Ways and Means Committee on Jan. 28 approved House Bill 6,002, a proposal to let the Labor and Workforce Development commissioner waive certain unemployment requirements and to allow TEMA and other state emergency agencies to expedite assistance in declared disaster areas.
The Finance, Ways and Means Committee on Jan. 28 approved House Bill 6,002, a proposal to give state officials more flexibility to speed relief after declared disasters by allowing the Labor and Workforce Development commissioner to waive certain unemployment requirements and by permitting Tennessee Emergency Management Agency (TEMA) and other state emergency agencies to bypass some administrative steps when assisting local governments.
Representative Robert Cochran, the bill’s sponsor, told the committee the measure…
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