SB2256 - Tennessee: Employees, Employers, Unemployment Compensation

Companion Bill HB2305. Unemployment Compensation - Requires good cause for holding unemployment benefits hearing or appeal via telephone; changes eligibility rules in certain cases where wages are provided in lieu of notice or as backpay; and makes other changes relative to unemployment compensation. - Amends TCA Sections 4-5-106(e), 50-7-303(a)(5), 50-7-303(b)(2), 50-7-303(c)(1), 50-7-303(e), 50-7-304(b)(1)(C) and 50-7-304(f). Fiscal Summary for SB2256 / *HB2305Decrease State Revenues - $15,600 Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund Increase State Expenditures - $40,700 Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund Bill Summary for SB2256 / *HB2305 Present law authorizes administrative hearings to be conducted by telephone, television or other electronic means in the discretion of the administrative judge or hearing officer and agency [...]

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