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Amend the bill in the emergency preamble in the 2nd paragraph in the first line (page 1, line 3 in L.D.) by striking out the following: "stoppages of work" and inserting the following: 'labor disputes'
Amend the bill in section 1 in subsection 4 in the headnote in the first line (page 1, line 17 in L.D.) by striking out the following: "Stoppage of work" and inserting the following: 'Labor dispute'
Amend the bill in section 1 in subsection 4 in the 3rd and 4th lines (page 1, lines 19 and 20 in L.D.) by striking out the following: "a stoppage of work that exists because of" and inserting the following: 'a stoppage of work that exists because of'
Amend the bill in section 1 in subsection 4 in paragraph A in the last line (page 1, line 28 in L.D.) by striking out the following: "that caused the stoppage of work" and inserting the following: 'that caused the stoppage of work'
Amend the bill in section 1 in subsection 4 in paragraph B in the 2nd line (page 1, line 30 in L.D.) by striking out the following: "stoppage" and inserting the following: 'stoppagelabor dispute'
Amend the bill in section 1 in subsection 4 in paragraph B in the 3rd line (page 1, line 31 in L.D.) by striking out the following: "stoppage" and inserting the following: 'stoppagelabor dispute'
Amend the bill in section 1 in subsection 4 in paragraph C in the 2nd line (page 1, line 34 in L.D.) by striking out the following: "stoppage of work" and inserting the following: 'stoppage of worklabor dispute'
 
SUMMARY
This amendment is the minority report of the committee.
This amendment changes the bill by broadening the disqualification from unemployment benefits in current law for unemployment that is due to a stoppage of work caused by a labor dispute by eliminating the requirement that there is a stoppage of work. Instead, under the amendment, unemployment that is due to a labor dispute is sufficient grounds for a denial of benefits. The amendment also updates the language of the exceptions in current law to this disqualification to reflect the elimination of the stoppage of work requirement.
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