The legislation includes the following provisions:
· Effective January 1, 2021, expands the maximum allowable benefit period for unemployment claims from 26 to 30 weeks following any week that exceeds 100,000 unemployment insurance claims.
· Effective March 10, 2020, exempts an employer’s experience rating from the impacts of an unemployment claim resulting from the effects of the 2019 novel coronavirus or the effects of the governor’s March 10, 2020 declaration of a state of emergency, and directs resulting charges to the solvency account that are not paid for by federal funds for either a year from the effective date or 6 months after the termination of the March 10, 2020 state of emergency, whichever is later.
· Effective March 10, 2020, provides that benefits paid for an employee separated from an employer as a result of any circumstance related to or resulting from the effects of the 2019 novel coronavirus or the effects of the governor’s March 10, 2020 declaration of a state of emergency, shall not be charged to the account of any employer to the extent that such benefits are paid for by federal fund for either a year from the effective date or 6 months after the termination of the March 10, 2020 state of emergency, whichever is later.
· Allows nonprofit organizations a 120 day extension from the date of the next scheduled payment due after the effective date of this act prior to paying a required contributions to the unemployment insurance system.
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