SB344 bars unemployment benefits for employees of private companies that provide direct services to schools during school breaks caused by vacations or holiday recess.
It amends Alabama's unemployment compensation law (Section 25-4-70) to explicitly deny unemployment benefits for weeks when an employee is not working due to a vacation or holiday recess. This applies to employees of private companies that provide direct services to schools, meaning they cannot receive benefits during school break periods. The change extends the existing rule that already denies benefits during holidays or weather-related disruptions to include vacation/holiday recess breaks. The act becomes effective on the first day of the third month after the Governor signs it into law.
Assigned Act No. 2016-395.
Signature Requested
Enrolled
Passed Second House
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 858
Motion to Previous Question adopted Roll Call 857
Third Reading Passed
Read for the second time and placed on the calendar
Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Education Policy
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 826
Third Reading Passed
Holtzclaw motion to Carry Over to the Call of the Chair adopted Voice Vote
Third Reading Carried Over to Call of the Chair
Read for the second time and placed on the calendar
Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development
Source: Alabama Legislature