Bill > SB1874

This bill amends Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 50-7-303, which deals with requirements for "suitable work" when determining unemployment benefits. Specifically, it removes a provision that defined work as suitable if it met certain criteria and if the claimant's gross weekly wages for that work were at least a certain percentage of their highest quarterly wages earned during their "base period" (the period used to calculate unemployment benefits). By removing this specific wage threshold, the bill simplifies the definition of suitable work, meaning that the suitability of offered employment will now be determined solely by other existing criteria, without the added condition of matching a certain percentage of past earnings.