AN ACT relating to unemployment insurance.

Amend KRS 341.350, relating to unemployment insurance, to lengthen the verified definite return-to-work or recall-to-work period from 16 weeks to 12 months and add protections for employees whose place of employment can reasonably be expected to resume operations within 12 months following a natural disaster.

Introduced: February 4, 2026

Last action: March 17, 2026

Returned To Committee On Committees (S)

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This bill would change how long a temporarily laid-off worker can receive unemployment benefits while waiting to return to their job, extending that window from 16 weeks to 12 months. It would also add new protections for workers whose workplace was shut down by a natural disaster but is expected to reopen within 12 months. Who it may affect: workers who have been temporarily laid off or whose employer was impacted by a natural disaster.

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