Official Text and Analysis.

Provides unemployment insurance benefits to high risk individuals, or those who live with high risk individuals, who voluntarily quit their jobs during a public health emergency if they cannot work from home for that employer, but are able and available to work from home for other employers. • Waives the one-week waiting period and shared work benefits when paid by the federal government. • Increases the minimum weekly benefit amount from 15 percent to 20 percent of the average weekly wage. • Limits an individual's weekly benefit amount to the individual's weekly wage.

Modifies the increased unemployment insurance minimum weekly benefit amount to 17.5 percent of the average weekly wage from 20 percent for claims with an effective date of July 1, 2021, or later. Currently, the minimum weekly benefit amount is 15 percent of the average weekly wage.

Striking amendment. Provides legislative intent. Makes the provision capping the weekly benefit amount to the individual's weekly wage apply to claims with an effective date on or after January 2, 2022, or such subsequent date by ESD rule to continue eligibility of claimants in this state for federal unemployment benefits or receipt of federal funds under the CARES Act, the Continued Assistance for Unemployed Workers Act, or other act extending such benefits or funds. Removes the provisions changing the period for calculating the experience rate taxes.

Provides unemployment insurance benefits to high risk individuals, or those who live with high risk individuals, who voluntarily quit their jobs during a public health emergency if they cannot work from home for that employer, but are able and available to work from home for other employers. • Waives the one-week waiting period and shared work benefits when paid by the federal government. • Increases the minimum weekly benefit amount from 15 percent to 20 percent of the average weekly wage. • Limits an individual's weekly benefit amount to the individual's weekly wage. • Decreases the maximum social tax and suspends the solvency surcharge tax for five years. • Expands the period for calculating employer experience-rated taxes from four years to five years.

Allows for deferred unemployment insurance tax payments for businesses closed or restricted in operations due to the current state of emergency or related governor orders.

Provides limited employer relief of unemployment insurance benefit charges for layoffs due to Governor declarations of emergency and related executive orders. Makes a $500,000,000 appropriation from the Budget Stabilization Account to the COVID-19 account for reimbursement of the relief of charges to the unemployment trust fund.

Provides employer relief of unemployment insurance 11 benefit charges from the week ending June 6, 2020 to the week in 12 which the governor terminates the current state of emergency, for layoffs caused by the COVID-19 pandemic or related governor orders.