HB 2340 -- Employers and Unemployment Benefits

Sponsor:  Fisher (125)

This bill requires certain employers who submit federal 1099
miscellaneous forms to the Department of Revenue to also submit
the forms to the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations
within the established time lines.

A claimant for unemployment compensation will be ineligible to
receive benefits or waiting week credit if he or she has an
outstanding penalty that was assessed for a previous overpayment
of benefits.

Currently, a claimant for unemployment benefits who is able to
work but receiving benefits because the claimant is enrolled in a
retraining program must submit with each claim a written
certification verifying that the claimant is enrolled in and
satisfactorily pursuing the retraining course.  The bill requires
the written certification to be submitted within 10 days of the
end of each quarter.  A claimant failing to submit written
certification will be ineligible to receive benefits during any
week claimed in that quarter or receive any further benefits
until the written certification has been received by the Division
of Employment Security within the department.

The requirement that employers with 250 or more employees must
file their quarterly wage report to the division electronically
by magnetic media or the Internet is changed to require employers
with 50 or more employees to file in that manner.

The division is authorized additional options to collect unpaid
contributions, interest, or penalties imposed upon an employer
under the Unemployment Compensation Law including serving the
employer a notice of assessment for these amounts by certified or
registered mail at the last known address and filing a
certificate of lien with the recorder of deeds in the county in
which the employer owns property or has a place of business.

Missouri House of Representatives
95th General Assembly, 2nd Regular Session
Last Updated September 14, 2010 at 3:13 pm