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Representative Teska urges cutting maximum state unemployment weeks from 26 to 20
Summary
At a first hearing on HB 376, Representative Teska said the bill would reduce the maximum state unemployment benefit duration from 26 weeks to 20 weeks to protect the trust fund and encourage quicker reemployment; he cited a projected annual saving of $154,800,000 and warned about the fund's solvency in a recession.
Representative Teska, the sponsor of House Bill 376, told the House Public Insurance and Pensions Committee that the bill would "simply put, reduce the maximum number of weeks that an individual may receive state unemployment benefits from 26 weeks to 20 weeks." He said the change is intended to protect the unemployment insurance trust fund and "encourage faster reemployment."
Teska told the committee that the…
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