GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1989

S	1 

SENATE BILL 903

Short Title:  Unemployment Benefits/Bankruptcy.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Senator Odom.
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Referred to:  Manufacturing & Labor.
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April 17, 1989

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT AN EMPLOYEE IS NOT DISQUALIFIED FOR UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS WHEN THE EMPLOYER FILES FOR BANKRUPTCY.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 96-14 is amended by adding a new subdivision to read:
"(1B)	Where an employer files for bankruptcy, the employee shall be deemed to have left work involuntarily, and the leaving shall be deemed to have been for good cause for a reason attributable to the employer."
Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.