If you get suspended indefinitely without pay from your job, the date of your suspension may count as your date of discharge for purposes of unemployment insurance.
That proposed statutory clarification, intended to provide consistent treatment for suspended workers, is one of three policy provisions in HF1419/ SF1549*, sponsored by Rep. Marion O'Neill (R-Maple Lake) and Sen. Rich Draheim (R-Madison Lake).
Passed 125-0 by the House Monday, it now goes to the governor. It was passed 64-0 April 27 by the Senate.
The bill would also:
O’Neill called the bill “small and narrow.” Besides policy provisions, it includes technical and housekeeping changes to statute recommended by the Unemployment Insurance Advisory Council.