Bill > SB512

This bill modifies unemployment insurance laws by removing the eight-week return-to-work expectation from the definition of "temporary unemployment," meaning individuals on temporary layoffs will no longer have this specific timeframe limitation to be considered temporarily unemployed. It also excludes payments made under compliant employer-sponsored supplemental unemployment benefit plans from being considered "wages" for unemployment insurance purposes, ensuring these supplemental payments do not affect an individual's eligibility or benefit calculations. Additionally, the bill eliminates a previous mechanism that would have conditionally written off and forgiven employer debt, which previously moved employers to a higher rate group (N11) for three years, and removes the option for employers to avoid this debt write-off through voluntary contributions. Finally, it prevents employers in the ready-mixed concrete and specified construction industries from being charged for unemployment benefits related to temporary layoffs.

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Assessment and Taxation (Senate)

https://kslegislature.gov/li/b2025_26/measures/sb512/