HB 848 -- Unemployment Insurance

Sponsor:  Luetkenhaus

This bill requires the benefit amount of initial claims for
unemployment insurance filed during 1998 and thereafter to be
rounded down to the nearest full dollar amount.  The list of
persons exempted from reporting in person to an employment
office is supplemented to include claimants who belong to a
group or class of workers whose opportunities for reemployment
will not be enhanced by reporting in person or who are prevented
from reporting in person due to emergency conditions, as
determined by the division director.  The bill also requires the
Division of Employment Security to publish weekly in the
Missouri Register a list of persons eligible to receive
unemployment benefits.  Under current law, all employers who are
not eligible for a rate calculation after once becoming eligible
receive a rate of no less than 5.4%.  The bill maintains that
rate for employers with a deficit experience rate account
balance and reduces it to no less than 2.7% for employers with a
positive experience rate account balance.