97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB5722
 
Introduced 2/16/2012, by Rep. La Shawn K. Ford
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
820 ILCS 405/407.1 new

     Amends the Unemployment Insurance Act. Provides that the Department of Employment Security shall periodically ascertain the average weekly household income for Illinois households. Provides that, if the wages of an otherwise eligible individual who is a  part-time worker in a week, combined with the individual's weekly benefit amount, do not exceed the lesser of the individual's final regular wages, not including overtime or bonuses, at the individual's last full-time position the average weekly household income for Illinois households, then the individual is eligible to receive the same weekly benefit amount to which the eligible individual would be entitled if he or she were not working part-time.  Provides for a reduced weekly benefit amount under specified circumstances. Provides that benefits under the new provisions are available only during an individual's period of regular benefits and not during any period of extended benefits. Provides that, if an individual who is a part-time worker in a week is eligible for benefits under any other provision of the Act or rule of the Department in amount that is greater than the amount to which an individual is eligible for benefits under the new provisions, then that other provision or rule shall control.
  


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1    AN ACT concerning employment.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  

  
 
4    Section 5. The Unemployment Insurance Act is amended by 
5adding Section 407.1 as follows:
 
6    (820 ILCS 405/407.1 new)
7    Sec. 407.1. Benefits for certain part-time workers; 
8alternate formula.
9    (a) The Department shall periodically ascertain the 
10average weekly household income for Illinois households.
11    (b) As used in this Section only, "ceiling" means the 
12lesser of the following:
13        (1) An individual's final regular wages, not including 
14    overtime or bonuses, at the individual's last full-time 
15    position.
16        (2) The average weekly household income for Illinois 
17    households ascertained under subsection (a). 
18    (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if the 
19wages of an otherwise eligible individual who is a  part-time 
20worker in a week, combined with the individual's weekly benefit 
21amount, do not exceed the ceiling, then the individual is 
22eligible to receive the same weekly benefit amount to which the 
23eligible individual would be entitled if he or she were not 
 
 
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1working part-time. 
2    (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if the 
3wages of an otherwise eligible individual  who is a  part-time 
4worker in a week, when combined with the weekly benefit amount 
5to which the eligible individual would be entitled if he or she 
6were not working part-time, is greater than the ceiling but the 
7individual's wages do not exceed the ceiling, then the 
8individual is eligible to receive a reduced weekly benefit 
9amount which, when combined with  the individual's wages, equals 
10the ceiling. 
11    (d) Benefits under this Section are available only during 
12an individual's period of regular benefits.  Benefits under this 
13Section are not available during any period of extended 
14benefits. 
15    (e) If an individual who is a  part-time worker in a week is 
16eligible for benefits under any other provision of this Act or 
17rule of the Department in amount that is greater than the 
18amount to which an individual is eligible for benefits under 
19this Section, then that other provision or rule shall control.