Unemployment compensation; leaving employment to follow spouse of clergy. (HB1349)
Introduced By
Del. William Barlow (D-Smithfield)
Progress
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Introduced |
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Passed Committee |
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Passed House |
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Passed Senate |
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Signed by Governor |
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Became Law |
Description
Unemployment compensation; trailing spouse of clergy. Provides that good cause for leaving employment exists if an employee voluntarily leaves a job to accompany the employee's spouse to a new location from which the employee's place of employment is not reasonably accessible, when (i) the spouse is a minister, priest, rabbi, or accredited practitioner of any religious organization or denomination usually referred to as a church and (ii) the church has involuntarily reassigned the spouse to serve a congregation in such new location. Benefits paid to qualifying claimants shall be charged against the pool rather than against the claimant's employer. Amends § 60.2-528 (“Individual benefit charges.”), § 60.2-618 (“(Contingent expiration date \u2013 see Editor\u2019s note) Disqualification for benefits.”), of the Code of Virginia. View Full Text »
