Establishes the Workforce Displacement Benefit Program (Program) to provide uniform payments to workers displaced due to a mass layoff that the Governor has identified as a major distress event. The payments are to be made only after exhausting unemployment benefits. The Program is to be administered by the Governor's office and must include the following: (1) benefits that are triggered when the Governor designates a mass layoff (affecting at least 500 employees from a single facility or business entity within a locality within a 20 week period) as a major distress event; (2) a uniform payout amount that is set as the standard benefit for all displaced workers participating in the program; (3) a uniform period of eligibility for payments that is set for all displaced workers participating in the program; and (4) General Fund funding.
MASS LAYOFFS/DISPLACED WORKER ASSISTANCE.
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE PAYMENT OF BENEFITS TO DISPLACED WORKERS IN THE EVENT OF MASS LAYOFFS DESIGNATED BY THE GOVERNOR AS A MAJOR DISTRESS EVENT.Intro. by Clark.
        Status: Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate (Senate Action) (Apr 2 2013)  
  Bill History:
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  Mon, 1 Apr 2013 Senate: Filed(link is external)
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  Tue, 2 Apr 2013 Senate: Passed 1st Reading(link is external)
S 579
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  Bill S 579 (2013-2014)Summary date: Apr 1 2013 - View Summary
 
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Identical to H 528 filed on 4/2/13.