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An Act To Promote the Hiring of Seasonal Workers
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 26 MRSA §1221, sub-§3, ¶C, as amended by PL 1965, c. 381, §19, is further amended to read:
 
C.  For the purposes of paragraph A, the experience rating record of the most recent subject employer shallmay not be charged with benefits paid to a claimant whose work record with such employer totaled 58 consecutive weeks or less of total or partial employment, but in such case the most recent subject employer with whom the claimant's work record exceeded 58 consecutive weeks of total or partial employment shallmust be charged, if such employer would have otherwise been chargeable had not subsequent employment intervened.
 
SUMMARY
This bill changes from 5 weeks to 8 weeks the amount of time an employer may employ an employee without being charged for unemployment benefits.