Removes the eight-week return to work expectation from the definition of temporary unemployment, excludes payments under compliant employer-sponsored.

The bill removes the eight-week return to work expectation from the definition of temporary unemployment, deletes the eight-week cap on temporary unemployment, and removes the secretary's authority and criteria to grant eight-week extension increments, employer reporting duties for extensions, and industry-specific eligibility for extensions. It also excludes payments under compliant employer-sponsored supplemental unemployment benefit plans from the definition of wages.

Removes the eight-week return to work expectation from the definition of temporary unemployment, excludes payments under compliant employer-sponsored.

The bill removes the eight-week return to work expectation from the definition of temporary unemployment, deletes the eight-week cap on temporary unemployment, and removes the secretary's authority and criteria to grant eight-week extension increments, employer reporting duties for extensions, and industry-specific eligibility for extensions. It also excludes payments under compliant employer-sponsored supplemental unemployment benefit plans from the definition of wages.