Bill No.: SF0023                  Drafter:  JWL

LSO No.:  10LSO-0116              Effective Date:  7/1/2010

Enrolled Act No.:  SEA0018

Chapter No.:

Prime Sponsor:     Joint Labor, Health and Social Services Interim Committee

Catch Title:       Unemployment compensation amendments.

Subject:  Miscellaneous amendments to the Wyoming Employment Security Law (Unemployment Compensation)

Summary/Major Elements:

• This act would make the unemployment compensation program compliant with federal requirements by amending the definition of "casual labor," by repealing two unauthorized exceptions to the definition of "wages" and by repealing the exclusion of private duty nursing from covered employment.

• The act also:

o Clarifies the benefit disqualification period following a false claim;

o Authorizes voluntary reimbursement agreements for employees and employers;

o Clarifies consolidation of accounts following a business acquisition;

o Makes potential forfeiture of the substitute payment privilege applicable to all employers;

o Deletes the requirement of proving willful failure to make reports or payments before finding a corporate officer or director individually liable for the failure to report or pay;

o Deletes the dollar threshold for bonding requirements in favor of the threshold established by the Industrial Siting Council; and

o Authorizes an exception to confidentiality provisions to allow publication of the identity of state agency employers in statistical analyses of state payroll and employment.