Unemployment Compensation Amendments of 1981

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Unemployment Compensation Amendments of 1981 - Title I: Extended Unemployment Compensation - Amends the Federal - State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 to eliminate the "national trigger" under the extended benefits program. Revises the State trigger for extended compensation to raise to five percent the rate of insured unemployment for a specified period as one requirement for a State "on" indicator (and to make a six percent rate the permissible alternative "on" indicator for States which so legislate). Requires 20 weeks of full-time insured employment (or the wage equivalent) in order for an individual who has exhausted regular benefits to qualify for extended compensation. Changes the equation for the rate of insured unemployment, for extended compensation purposes, to include only individuals filing claims for regular compensation. Makes the Federal - State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970, as amended by this Act, a requirement for State unemployment compensation laws. Prohibits the Secretary of Labor from certifying any State, for Internal Revenue Code unemployment tax purposes, unless such State complies substantially with such Act as so amended …