SP0458, LD 1310, item 1 , An Act To Make Unemployment Compensation Law More Fair to Seniors

An Act To Make Unemployment Compensation Law More Fair to Seniors

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

Sec. 1. 26 MRSA §1193, sub-§9, as enacted by PL 1981, c. 149, §4, is repealed.

Sec. 2. 26 MRSA §1193, sub-§10 is enacted to read:

10. Receiving pension. Except as provided in this subsection, for any week with respect to which the individual is receiving a governmental or other pension, retirement or retired pay, annuity or any other similar periodic payment under a plan maintained or contributed to by a base period or chargeable employer.

A. The individual receives a benefit reduced by the prorated weekly amount of the pension after deduction of that portion of the pension, if any, that is directly attributable to the percentage of the contributions made to the plan by that individual. The benefit may not be reduced below zero.

B. The individual receives benefits with no reduction under this subsection if:

(1) The individual is receiving a pension paid under the United States Social Security Act;

(2) All contributions to the plan were made by the individual and an employer or any other person or organization who is not a base period or chargeable employer; or

(3) The services performed for the employer by the individual during the base period, or remuneration received for these services, did not affect the individual's eligibility for, or increase the amount of, that pension, retirement or retired pay, annuity or similar payment.

SUMMARY

This bill eliminates the pension offset against unemployment benefits for persons who receive Social Security and rewrites the remaining statutory language of the offset law to clarify it.

SP0458 LD 1310	First Regular Session - 123rd Legislature - Text: MS-Word, RTF or PDF		LR 789 Item 1
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