HB88 Alabama 2014 Session

Updated Feb 27, 2026

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Summary

Primary Sponsor: Jack Williams
Republican
Session: Regular Session 2014
Title: Labor, unemployment compensation, individual weekly benefit payment, formula for calculating individual weekly benefit payment altered, Sec. 25-4-73 am'd.
Summary: HB88 would change how unemployment benefits are reduced by wages, using a threshold of one-third of the weekly benefit amount instead of a fixed $15 deduction.
What This Bill Does
If passed, the weekly unemployment payment would equal the weekly benefit amount minus the portion of wages that exceed one-third of the weekly benefit. If wages are at or below one-third of the weekly benefit, the full weekly benefit is paid for that week. Weeks beginning before January 1, 1989 would continue using the old method, while other weeks would use the new one-thirds rule, and benefits would be rounded to the nearest dollar. The act becomes effective on the first day of the third month after its passage and gubernatorial approval.

Who It Affects
Eligible individuals who are unemployed or partially unemployed and receive unemployment benefits, since the amount they lose to wages depends on their weekly benefit and wages.
Workers who earn wages in weeks they are receiving unemployment benefits, because the threshold for reductions changes from a fixed $15 to a proportion of the weekly benefit.

Key Provisions
Amends Section 25-4-73 to switch the deduction from wages over $15 to wages over one-third of the weekly benefit amount.
If wages exceed one-third of the weekly benefit, the excess reduces the benefit; if not, the full weekly benefit is paid. The benefit is rounded to the nearest dollar.
Weeks beginning before January 1, 1989 continue under the prior method.
The act becomes effective on the first day of the third month after passage and governor's approval.

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Subjects: Labor