House Bill 0637

    Florida House of Representatives - 2000                 HB 637

        By Representatives Turnbull, Frankel, Dockery, Murman,
    Lynn and Pruitt





  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to unemployment compensation;

  3         amending s. 443.101, F.S.; providing that being

  4         a victim of domestic violence which results in

  5         separation from work constitutes "good cause"

  6         for purposes of eligibility for unemployment

  7         compensation; providing an effective date.

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  9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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11         Section 1.  Paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section

12  443.101, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

13         443.101  Disqualification for benefits.--An individual

14  shall be disqualified for benefits:

15         (1)(a)  For the week in which he or she has voluntarily

16  left his or her work without good cause attributable to his or

17  her employing unit or in which the individual has been

18  discharged by his or her employing unit for misconduct

19  connected with his or her work, if so found by the division.

20  The term "work," as used in this paragraph, means any work,

21  whether full-time, part-time, or temporary.

22         1.  Disqualification for voluntarily quitting shall

23  continue for the full period of unemployment next ensuing

24  after he or she has left his or her full-time, part-time, or

25  temporary work voluntarily without good cause and until such

26  individual has earned income equal to or in excess of 17 times

27  his or her weekly benefit amount; the term "good cause" as

28  used in this subsection includes only such cause as is

29  attributable to the employing unit or which consists of

30  illness or disability of the individual requiring separation

31  from his or her work or being a victim of domestic violence

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  1  which results in being separated from work. No other

  2  disqualification may be imposed. An individual shall not be

  3  disqualified under this subsection for voluntarily leaving

  4  temporary work to return immediately when called to work by

  5  the permanent employing unit that temporarily terminated his

  6  or her work within the previous 6 calendar months.

  7         2.  Disqualification for being discharged for

  8  misconduct connected with his or her work shall continue for

  9  the full period of unemployment next ensuing after having been

10  discharged and until such individual has become reemployed and

11  has earned income not less than 17 times his or her weekly

12  benefit amount and for not more than 52 weeks that immediately

13  follow such week, as determined by the division in each case

14  according to the circumstances in each case or the seriousness

15  of the misconduct, pursuant to rules of the division enacted

16  for determinations of disqualification for benefits for

17  misconduct.

18         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2000.

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21                          HOUSE SUMMARY

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      Provides that being a victim of domestic which results in
23    separation from work constitutes good cause for purposes
      of eligibility for unemployment compensation.
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