Key Votes
SB 502 - Expanding Unemployment Compensation Eligibility - Key Vote
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Legislation - Bill Passed (House) (219-113) - April 16, 2008 (Key vote)
Title: Expanding Unemployment Compensation Eligibility
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a bill that extends unemployment compensation eligibility to those seeking part-time work.
Highlights:
- Defines full time employment as working at least 37.5 hours per week [sec. 1 (VIII)].
- Defines part-time employment as working at least 20 hours a week but less than 37.5 [sec. 1 (IX)].
- Requires that unemployment benefits, if availability is limited to part-time work, be based on wages earned in part-time work [sec. 2 (d)].
Legislation - Bill Passed (Senate) (16-8) - March 20, 2008 (Key vote)
Title: Expanding Unemployment Compensation Eligibility
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a bill that extends unemployment compensation eligibility to those seeking part-time work.
Highlights:
- Defines full time employment as working at least 37.5 hours per week [sec. 1 (VIII)].
- Defines part-time employment as working at least 20 hours a week but less than 37.5 [sec. 1 (IX)].
- Requires that unemployment benefits, if availability is limited to part-time work, be based on wages earned in part-time work [sec. 2 (d)].
Legislation - Introduced (Senate) - Jan. 2, 2008
Title: Expanding Unemployment Compensation Eligibility
Sponsors
- Peter Hoe Burling (NH - D) (Out Of Office)
- Betsi L. DeVries (NH - D) (Out Of Office)
- Martha Fuller Clark (NH - D) (Out Of Office)
- David 'Dave' Gottesman (NH - D) (Out Of Office)
- Deborah R. 'Deb' Reynolds (NH - D) (Out Of Office)
- Margaret 'Maggie' Wood Hassan (NH - D) (Out Of Office)
