2025 Regular Session SB 916 A

• At the request of: (at the request of AFL-CIO)
• Bill Title: Relating to unemployment insurance benefits for employees unemployed due to a labor dispute.

Catchline/Summary

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.

• Fiscal Impact: Fiscal Impact Issued
• Revenue Impact: Revenue Impact Issued
• Current Location: In House Committee
• Current Committee: House Committee On Labor and Workplace Standards