EMPLOYMENT: Prohibits certain services from being classified as employment. (1/1/26) (OR NO IMPACT See Note)

Senate Bill 227, a substitute bill, modifies state unemployment compensation laws affecting employers and separated employees. It extends the required timeframe for employers to submit notices of employee separation to the administrator from three to ten days, and mandates that these notices be electronically transmitted to the administrator. Additionally, the bill alters how certain unemployment benefits, specifically those paid following Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, are funded by removing the requirement for them to be recouped through a general social charge account that affects all employers.