Digest: The Act would repeal the law that denies UI benefits to a person who is unemployed
due to an active labor dispute. The Act would make it so that striking workers have
an extra unpaid week before they qualify for benefits. The Act would require benefits to be
paid back if they are overpaid due to the worker’s later receipt of back pay. The Act would
make a school district deduct from future wages benefits received by an employee during a
labor dispute. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.4).
[Digest: The Act would repeal the law that denies benefits to a person who is unemployed due to
an active labor dispute. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.6).]
Provides that an individual otherwise eligible for unemployment insurance benefits is not disqualified
for any week that the individual’s unemployment is due to a labor dispute in active
progress at the individual’s place of employment. Provides that individuals unemployed due to a
strike are disqualified for benefits for one week before eligibility begins, with the usual unpaid
waiting week. Provides for the collection of benefits overpaid during a strike due to the
later receipt of back pay. Requires a school district to deduct from an employee’s future
wages benefits received during a labor dispute.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 657.200, 657.176
A-Engrossed: 657.200, 657.153, 657.310, 657.317, 657.176, 657.202, 657.400
Minority Report A-Engrossed: 657.200, 657.153, 657.310, 657.317, 657.176, 657.202, 657.400, 243.672, 243.712, 243.726, 243.742, 243.746, 243.752, 181A.355, 332.531, 352.118, 181A.490, 181A.708, 181A.710, 181A.775