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Lawmakers gave first-round approval April 6 to expanded eligibility for unemployment benefits.<\/p>\n

\"Sen.
Sen. Megan Hunt<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

LB260, sponsored by Omaha Sen. Megan Hunt, would expand the list of \u201cgood cause\u201d reasons to leave employment voluntarily to include caring for a family member with a serious health condition.<\/p>\n

The bill would allow workers who voluntarily have left employment to care for a family member, but who are seeking to return to employment, to be eligible for unemployment benefits.<\/p>\n

Current law does not allow workers who leave employment to care for a family member to receive unemployment benefits, Hunt said, despite the fact that their employers have paid into the unemployment insurance fund on their behalf.<\/p>\n

\u201cProviding this temporary safety net will allow caregivers some security while they attempt to reenter the workforce,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Columbus Sen. Mike Moser spoke in opposition to LB260. He said it would strain a finite state resource.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you don\u2019t charge the individual employers for those [benefits paid out], then the whole [Nebraska Unemployment Trust Fund] balance is going to go down,\u201d Moser said. \u201cEither the state will have to pay in to keep it solvent or they will have to raise rates on all employers.\u201d<\/p>\n

Senators advanced the bill to select file on a 27-11 vote.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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