SB 433 -- UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION FOR CERTAIN VETERANS

To qualify for unemployment compensation benefits, this bill
requires that a war on terror veteran must be a Missouri resident
immediately before deployment, be a member of the Missouri
National Guard or a United States reservist, and be found by a
court of competent jurisdiction to have been discharged or laid
off from nonmilitary employment during deployment or within 30
days after the completion of his or her deployment.  Benefit
computations will be based on the veteran's wages in the five
completed calendar quarters immediately before the deployment
instead of annually adjusted based on the federal Consumer Price
Index.

The Division of Employment Security within the Department of
Labor and Industrial Relations is allowed to recoup erroneously
paid benefits, and the penalty for an employer who takes adverse
employment action against a veteran is increased from $25,000 to
$35,000.

Missouri House of Representatives
94th General Assembly, 1st Regular Session
Last Updated July 25, 2007 at 11:22 am