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HB 1908 Workforce development; training & compensation programs more accessible to military personnel.

Introduced by: Viola O. Baskerville | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Employment training and unemployment compensation benefits; military personnel, spouses and dependents.  Modifies Virginia's job training and unemployment compensation programs and resources to make them more accessible to military personnel and their families. The Virginia Workforce Council shall establish an employment advocacy and assistance program to assist spouses and dependents of active duty military personnel, Virginia National Guard members, and military reservists.  Assistance shall be delivered through military family employment advocates located at selected one-stop centers. Local workforce investment boards (WIBs) shall include one representative from any military base having more than 100 military personnel that is located within the WIB's service area. For purposes of unemployment compensation, good cause for leaving employment exists if an employee voluntarily leaves a job to accompany a spouse who is (i) on active duty in the military services of the United States, (ii) in the Virginia National Guard, or (iii) a military reservist to a new military assignment resulting from a permanent change of station orders, activation orders, or unit deployment orders, if the employee's place of employment is not reasonably accessible from the new residence. Benefits paid to qualifying claimants shall be charged against the pool rather than against the claimant's employer.


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