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1999 SESSION

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HB 2311 Unemployment compensation; disqualification for benefits; misconduct.

Introduced by: I. Vincent Behm, Jr. | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)

Unemployment compensation; disqualification for benefits; misconduct. Establishes, as a basis for unemployment compensation benefits disqualification, false statements of a material nature concerning criminal convictions made in job applications. However, such statements must be a basis for the termination, and the employer must have terminated the employee promptly upon discovering such false statements. The Commissioner is authorized to consider evidence of mitigating circumstances in determining whether misconduct occurred.


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