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March 4, 2024

Bill Cutting Unemployment Benefits Heads to the House Floor for Vote

West Virginia Watch, News from the States – A bill that would cut the duration of unemployment benefits in the state is heading for a vote by the full West Virginia House of Delegates.

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After a 3.5 hour discussion Monday afternoon, the House finance committee voted 14 to 9 to advance Senate Bill 841 to the floor of the House with a recommendation that it pass. 

The bill would reduce the length of time a worker can stay on unemployment benefits from 26 to 24 weeks. The amount of a worker’s benefits would start at 70 percent of their average weekly wage and be reduced by 5% each four-week period after that, through the sixth four-week period, when workers would receive 45% of their average weekly wage. 

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