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House advances Employment Security Act amendments after debate over outside collections
Summary
Lawmakers approved substitute House Bill 63, which makes seven changes to Utah's Employment Security Act including clarifying sick-pay definitions, permitting private out-of-state collection agencies (with required notice of rights), and authorizing withholding of taxes from benefit checks. The bill passed after adoption of a sponsor'ed amendment and a floor amendment; vote tally was 70-1 in favor.
Representative Fred Hunsaker, sponsor of substitute House Bill 63, told the House the measure "make[s] 7 changes in the Employment Security Act," describing a bundle of technical and operational changes including aligning the sick-pay definition with federal unemployment tax rules and clarifying cafeteria-plan exemptions.
Hunsaker said the bill would also permit the Industrial Commission to hire private collectors for out-of-state accounts and add an option for claimants to have federal and state income taxes withheld from benefit…
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