The NO BOSS Act modifies how states administer self-employment assistance programs, which help unemployed workers start their own businesses while receiving benefits. Currently, states can only enroll people in these programs if they are likely to exhaust their regular unemployment benefits; this bill removes that restriction, allowing more people to participate. The legislation also expands what counts as qualifying self-employment assistance to include either formal entrepreneurial training and business counseling or completion of a business plan with a market feasibility study. States will have two years after the bill becomes law to implement these changes, though they can choose to do so earlier. The Department of Labor will issue regulations and provide guidance to state workforce agencies, including model activities and best practices for verifying that participants complete the required assistance.
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