Introduced By: Representatives Menard, Montanaro, Faria, Moura and McGowan
Date Introduced : March 3, 1998
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 28-44-14 of the General Laws in Chapter 28-44 entitled "Employment Security -- Benefits" is hereby amended to read as follows:
28-44-14. Waiting period. -- (a) {ADD Subject to the
provisions of subsection (e) ADD} {DEL T DEL} {ADD t ADD}he
waiting period of any individual shall be either:
(1) Seven (7) consecutive days during which that individual is totally unemployed due to lack of work; or
(2) Seven (7) consecutive days during which that individual is employed less than full time due to lack of work and during which he or she has earned remuneration for services performed in an amount less than his or her weekly benefit rate; provided, however, that no waiting period credit can be given in either case if a disqualification has been imposed with respect to the whole or any portion of that seven-day period under section 28-44-12, 28-44-16, 28-44-17, 28-44-18, 28-44-19, 28-44-20, or 28-44-21.
(b) No waiting period shall be given to any individual unless he or she has filed a valid claim in accordance with regulations adopted as prescribed.
(c) Benefits shall be payable to an eligible individual only for those weeks of his or her unemployment within a benefit year which occur subsequent to one waiting period, which shall be served at any time during the benefit year.
(d) No period of total or partial unemployment shall be counted towards an individual's required waiting period if, with respect to any portion of that period of unemployment, benefits have been paid under the employment security or temporary disability insurance acts of any other state or of any similar acts of any foreign government, or if benefits have been paid under the Temporary Disability Insurance Act of this state or under any similar acts of the United States.
{ADD (e) In the event that an individual's unemployment is due to a natural disaster or state of emergency, there shall be no waiting period. ADD}
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.
