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SB 0042 - Employment Security; provide leaving employer due to family violence; good cause in connection with claim for unemployment benefits

Tracking Level: Monitor
Sponsor: Butler, Gloria 55th (D)
Last Action: 1/26/2015 - Senate Read and Referred
Senate Committee: I&L

Staff Analysis of the Legislation
SB 42 revises O.C.G.A. § 34-8-194, relating to the grounds for disqualification of benefits. SB 42 allows for an employer’s account to not be charged for any benefits paid out to the employee due to family violence verified by reasonable documentation demonstrating that: leaving the employer was a condition of receiving services or shelter from a family violence shelter.

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