HB700 Alabama 2010 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

John F. Knight Jr

Democrat

Co-Sponsors

Demetrius C. NewtonMarcel BlackDavid Grimes

Session

Regular Session 2010

Title

Unemployment compensation, limit findings of fact, conclusions of law, Sec. 25-4-98 added

Summary

HB700 would limit how findings in unemployment compensation cases can be used in other lawsuits and keep unemployment claims separate from other legal actions.

What This Bill Does

If passed, findings of fact, conclusions of law, judgments, or final orders in unemployment compensation cases would not be binding or usable as evidence in non-unemployment proceedings. It also restricts that an unemployment compensation action may address only an employee's entitlement to benefits, and such actions cannot be joined with any other actions. The bill would take effect immediately after it is passed and approved by the Governor.

Who It Affects

• Employees who file for unemployment benefits, whose claims would be limited to entitlements and whose case findings could not be used in other lawsuits.
• Employers and other parties involved in unemployment proceedings, who would face restrictions on joining unemployment cases with other lawsuits and would have fewer opportunities to use unemployment findings in related litigation.

Key Provisions

• 25-4-98(a): A finding of fact, conclusion of law, judgment, or final order under unemployment compensation is not binding and may not be used as evidence in any action or proceeding outside of unemployment compensation cases, even if the same parties and facts are involved.
• 25-4-98(b): An unemployment compensation action may address only an employee's entitlement to benefits; no other action may be joined with it, and an unemployment action may not be joined with any other action, including actions between the same parties.
• Section 2: The act becomes effective immediately following its passage and approval by the Governor, or otherwise becomes law.

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Subjects

Unemployment Compensation