CSSSSB 136(L&C): "An Act relating to the calculation and payment of unemployment compensation benefits; requiring insured workers eligible for benefits under the Alaska Employment Security Act to actively seek work in order to be considered available for work; and providing for an effective date."
00 CS FOR SPONSOR SUBSTITUTE FOR SENATE BILL NO. 136(L&C) 01 "An Act relating to the calculation and payment of unemployment compensation 02 benefits; requiring insured workers eligible for benefits under the Alaska Employment 03 Security Act to actively seek work in order to be considered available for work; and 04 providing for an effective date." 05 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 06 * Section 1. AS 23.20.350(d) is amended to read: 07 (d) An individual who is eligible under (a) of this section is entitled to receive 08 the weekly benefit amount set out in column (B) of the table in this subsection that is 09 opposite the amount set out in column (A) of the individual's base period wages 10 determined under (c) of this section: 11 (A) (B) 12 Base Period Wages Weekly Benefit 13 Amount 14 At least But less than
01 0 1,000 $ 0 02 1,000 1,250 44 03 1,250 1,500 46 04 1,500 1,750 48 05 1,750 2,000 50 06 2,000 2,250 52 07 2,250 2,500 54 08 2,500 2,750 56 09 2,750 3,000 58 10 3,000 3,250 60 11 3,250 3,500 62 12 3,500 3,750 64 13 3,750 4,000 66 14 4,000 4,250 68 15 4,250 4,500 70 16 4,500 4,750 72 17 4,750 5,000 74 18 5,000 5,250 76 19 5,250 5,500 78 20 5,500 5,750 80 21 5,750 6,000 82 22 6,000 6,250 84 23 6,250 6,500 86 24 6,500 6,750 88 25 6,750 7,000 90 26 7,000 7,250 92 27 7,250 7,500 94 28 7,500 7,750 96 29 7,750 8,000 98 30 8,000 8,250 100 31 8,250 8,500 102
01 8,500 8,750 104 02 8,750 9,000 106 03 9,000 9,250 108 04 9,250 9,500 110 05 9,500 9,750 112 06 9,750 10,000 114 07 10,000 10,250 116 08 10,250 10,500 118 09 10,500 10,750 120 10 10,750 11,000 122 11 11,000 11,250 124 12 11,250 11,500 126 13 11,500 11,750 128 14 11,750 12,000 130 15 12,000 12,250 132 16 12,250 12,500 134 17 12,500 12,750 136 18 12,750 13,000 138 19 13,000 13,250 140 20 13,250 13,500 142 21 13,500 13,750 144 22 13,750 14,000 146 23 14,000 14,250 148 24 14,250 14,500 150 25 14,500 14,750 152 26 14,750 15,000 154 27 15,000 15,250 156 28 15,250 15,500 158 29 15,500 15,750 160 30 15,750 16,000 162 31 16,000 16,250 164
01 16,250 16,500 166 02 16,500 16,750 168 03 16,750 17,000 170 04 17,000 17,250 172 05 17,250 17,500 174 06 17,500 17,750 176 07 17,750 18,000 178 08 18,000 18,250 180 09 18,250 18,500 182 10 18,500 18,750 184 11 18,750 19,000 186 12 19,000 19,250 188 13 19,250 19,500 190 14 19,500 19,750 192 15 19,750 20,000 194 16 20,000 20,250 196 17 20,250 20,500 198 18 20,500 20,750 200 19 20,750 21,000 202 20 21,000 21,250 204 21 21,250 21,500 206 22 21,500 21,750 208 23 21,750 22,000 210 24 22,000 22,250 212 25 22,250 22,500 214 26 22,500 22,750 216 27 22,750 23,000 218 28 23,000 23,250 220 29 23,250 23,500 222 30 23,500 23,750 224 31 23,750 24,000 226
01 24,000 24,250 228 02 24,250 24,500 230 03 24,500 24,750 232 04 24,750 25,000 234 05 25,000 25,250 236 06 25,250 25,500 238 07 25,500 25,750 240 08 25,750 26,000 242 09 26,000 26,250 244 10 26,250 26,500 246 11 26,500 26,750 248 12 26,750 27,000 250 13 27,000 27,250 252 14 27,250 27,500 254 15 27,500 27,750 256 16 27,750 28,000 258 17 28,000 28,250 260 18 28,250 28,500 262 19 28,500 28,750 264 20 28,750 29,000 266 21 29,000 29,250 268 22 29,250 29,500 270 23 29,500 29,750 272 24 29,750 30,000 274 25 30,000 30,250 276 26 30,250 30,500 278 27 30,500 30,750 280 28 30,750 31,000 282 29 31,000 31,250 284 30 31,250 31,500 286 31 31,500 31,750 288
01 31,750 32,000 290 02 32,000 32,250 292 03 32,250 32,500 294 04 32,500 32,750 296 05 32,750 33,000 298 06 33,000 33,250 300 07 33,250 300 [248]. 08 * Sec. 2. AS 23.20.378(a) is amended to read: 09 (a) An insured worker is entitled to receive waiting-week credit or benefits for 10 a week of unemployment if for that week the insured worker is able to work and 11 available for suitable work. An insured worker is not considered available for work 12 unless registered for and actively seeking work in accordance with regulations 13 adopted by the department. An insured worker may not be disqualified for failure to 14 comply with this subsection if 15 (1) the insured worker is not available for work because the insured 16 worker 17 (A) is ill or disabled; 18 (B) is traveling to obtain medical services that are not available 19 in the area in which the insured worker resides, or, if a physician determines it 20 is necessary, the insured worker is accompanying a spouse or dependent who is 21 traveling to obtain medical services; 22 (C) resides in the state and is noncommercially hunting or 23 fishing for personal survival or the survival of dependents; 24 (D) is serving as a prospective or impaneled juror in a court; or 25 (E) is attending the funeral of an immediate family member for 26 a period of no longer than seven days; and 27 (2) a condition described in (1) of this subsection occurs during an 28 uninterrupted period of unemployment immediately following a week for which the 29 insured worker has filed a compensable claim, and work has not been offered that 30 would have been suitable for the insured worker before the illness, disability, hunting, 31 fishing, medical travel, jury service, or funeral attendance.