Weirton Daily Times, Parkersburg News and Sentinel, The Intermountain – Members of a West Virginia House of Delegates committee signed on to a state Senate bill making changes to unemployment benefits. But opponents believe it could end up adding to the state’s already poor labor force participation rate.
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The House Finance Committee recommended Senate Bill 841 – setting the amount of unemployment taxes and benefits – for passage Monday evening after more than three hours of discussions, sending the bill to the full House for consideration.
The bill’s original goal was to increase what employers pay into the state’s unemployment trust fund from $8,000 to $10,000 per employee. But the Senate amended the bill last week to include a version of a bill making changes to the number of weeks for unemployment benefits and the amount of weekly benefits.
