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Amend the amendment on page 2 in the first indented paragraph in the last line (page 2, line 2 in amendment) by striking out the following: "12" and inserting the following: '1210'
Amend the amendment on page 2 in the 2nd indented paragraph in the last line (page 2, line 5 in amendment) by striking out the following: "12" and inserting the following: '1210'
Amend the amendment on page 2 in the 3rd indented paragraph in the first line (page 2, line 6 in amendment) by inserting after the following: "in L.D.)" the following: 'and inserting the following:
‘Sec. 8. 26 MRSA §1193, sub-§5, as amended by PL 2009, c. 638, §1, is further amended to read:
 
5. Receiving remuneration.   For any week with respect to which hethe individual is receiving, is entitledhas been scheduled to receive or has received remuneration following a period of separation in the form of:
 
A. Dismissal wages, wages in lieu of notice, terminal pay or holiday pay; or
 
A-1.  Any vacation pay in an amount exceeding the equivalent of one week's wages for that individual; or
 
B. Benefits under the unemployment compensation or employment security law of any state or similar law of the United States.
 
If the remuneration under paragraph A is less than the benefits whichthat would otherwise be due under this chapter, he shall bethe individual is entitled to receive for that week, if otherwise eligible, benefits reduced by the amount of the remuneration, rounded to the nearest lower full dollar amount. Earned vacation pay that is paid to the individual prior to the individual's being notified orally or in writing by the employer of the employer's intent to sever the employment relationship is not considered remuneration for purposes of this subsection;' ’
 
SUMMARY
This amendment restores the change in the requirement that an individual must broaden the individual's work search after unemployment but changes the threshold to 10 weeks.
The amendment limits the offset for vacation pay to the amount that exceeds one week of wages for an individual and further excludes from the offset vacation pay that is paid to the individual prior to the individual's being notified by severance by the employer.