News from Brownbackistan: Brownback approves changes to unemployment insurance, benefits [View all]

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http://cjonline.com/news/2015-05-18/brownback-approves-changes-unemployment-insurance-benefits

People engaged in partisan politics will now be able to administer Kansas’ unemployment insurance system, under legislation approved Monday by Gov. Sam Brownback, who said the new law will help bring growth and opportunity.

Opponents of the legislation said the new law will limit the maximum weekly unemployment benefit to workers and decreases employer contributions to the unemployment insurance trust fund.

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Current law sets a weekly cap on unemployment benefits at 60 percent of the employee’s average weekly wages, with a maximum of $474. The new law calculates the maximum weekly benefit at 55 percent of the average weekly wages or $474, whichever is higher.

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“In doing so, it prioritizes the interests of big business over the needs of middle class and working families,” several Democratic lawmakers said in a statement at the time of the vote in April.

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Another assault on the people for the sake of big bizniz.