SB 875 - Reduces Maximum Weekly Unemployment Benefit Amounts - Arkansas Key Vote

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Title: Reduces Maximum Weekly Unemployment Benefit Amounts

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that reduces maximum weekly unemployment benefits.

Highlights:

  • Reduces the weekly benefit amount from 66 and two-thirds percent to 60 percent of the state average weekly wage for insured employees (Sec. 1).
  • Reduces the maximum weekly unemployed benefit from $451 to $325 (Sec. 1).
  • Requires all weekly benefits below $325 to be reduced by 10 percent from their current level, but not less than $81 (Sec. 1).  

Title: Reduces Maximum Weekly Unemployment Benefit Amounts

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