An Act To Promote Hiring of Seasonal Workers
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 26 MRSA §1221, sub-§3, ¶C, as amended by PL 1965, c. 381, §19, is further amended to read:
C. For the purposes of paragraph A, the experience rating record of the most recent subject employer shall may not be charged with benefits paid to a claimant whose work record with such employer totaled 5 10 consecutive weeks or less of total or partial employment, but in such case the most recent subject employer with whom the claimant's work record exceeded 5 10 consecutive weeks of total or partial employment shall must be charged, if such employer would have otherwise been chargeable had not subsequent employment intervened.
summary
This bill changes from 5 weeks to 10 weeks the amount of time an employer may hire an employee without being charged for unemployment benefits.