Bill Text - SB330 (2024)

Relative to allowing the ability to work from home to count toward unemployment benefits eligibility.


Revision: July 9, 2024, 1:43 p.m.

CHAPTER 148

SB 330-FN - FINAL VERSION

 

 

2024 SESSION

24-2816

12/05

 

SENATE BILL 330-FN

 

AN ACT relative to allowing the ability to work from home to count toward unemployment benefits eligibility.

 

SPONSORS: Sen. Perkins Kwoka, Dist 21; Sen. Soucy, Dist 18; Sen. Pearl, Dist 17; Sen. Altschiller, Dist 24; Sen. Chandley, Dist 11; Rep. M. Cahill, Rock. 10

 

COMMITTEE: Commerce

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill repeals disqualification for unemployment benefits for those not available for work outside a home.

 

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

24-2816

12/05

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four

 

AN ACT relative to allowing the ability to work from home to count toward unemployment benefits eligibility.

 

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

 

148:1  Disqualification for Unemployment Benefits; Work From Home.  Amend RSA 282-A:39 to read as follows:

282-A:39  Unavailable for Work.

An individual shall not be [disqualified] eligible for benefits for any week or weeks during any part of which [he] the individual is not available for work outside [a] of the individual's home, [irrespective of his reason for refusing to be available for work outside a home.] unless work to be conducted within the individual’s home offers a reasonable expectation of substantial employment opportunities based upon rules adopted by the commissioner pursuant to RSA 541-A.

148:2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect upon its passage.

 

Approved: July 03, 2024

Effective Date: July 03, 2024