600 – Effect of Retirement Payments.
§ 600. Effect of retirement payments. 1. Reduction of benefit rate. (a) The benefit rate of a claimant who is receiving a governmental or other pension, retirement or retired pay, annuity, or any other similar periodic payment which is based on his previous work, shall be reduced as hereinafter provided, if such payment is made […]
601 – Extended Benefits.
§ 601. Extended benefits. 1. Definitions. For the purposes of this section: (a) (1) There shall be a “state ‘on’ indicator” for a week if, as determined by the commissioner in accordance with the regulations of the secretary of labor of the United States, the rate of insured unemployment for the period consisting of such […]
599 – Career and Related Training; Preservation of Eligibility.
§ 599. Career and related training; preservation of eligibility. 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, a claimant shall not become ineligible for benefits because of the claimant’s regular attendance in a program of training which the commissioner has approved. The commissioner shall give due consideration to existing and prospective conditions of the labor […]
591 – Eligibility for Benefits.
§ 591. Eligibility for benefits. * 1. Unemployment. Benefits, except as provided in section five hundred ninety-one-a of this title, shall be paid only to a claimant who is totally unemployed and who is unable to engage in his usual employment or in any other for which he is reasonably fitted by training and experience. […]
591-A – Self-Employment Assistance Program.
* § 591-a. Self-employment assistance program. 1. The department is hereby authorized and empowered to establish and operate a self-employment assistance program as authorized pursuant to subsection (t) of section 3306 of the internal revenue code. 2. For the purposes of this section, the term “self-employment assistance program” means a program under which: (a) individuals […]
592 – Suspension of Accumulation of Benefit Rights.
§ 592. Suspension of accumulation of benefit rights. 1. Industrial controversy. (a) The accumulation of benefit rights by a claimant shall be suspended during a period of two consecutive weeks beginning with the day after such claimant lost his or her employment because of a strike or other industrial controversy except for lockouts, including concerted […]
593 – Disqualification for Benefits.
§ 593. Disqualification for benefits. 1. Voluntary separation; separation for a compelling family reason. * (a) No days of total unemployment shall be deemed to occur after a claimant’s voluntary separation without good cause from employment until he or she has subsequently worked in employment and earned remuneration at least equal to ten times his […]
594 – Reduction and Recovery of Benefits and Penalties for Wilful False Statement.
§ 594. Reduction and recovery of benefits and penalties for wilful false statement. * (1) A claimant who has wilfully made a false statement or representation to obtain any benefit under the provisions of this article shall forfeit benefits for at least the first four but not more than the first eighty effective days following […]
595 – Benefit Right Inalienable.
§ 595. Benefit right inalienable. 1. Waiver agreement void. No agreement by an employee to waive his rights under this article shall be valid. 2. Assignment of benefits void. Benefits shall not be assigned, pledged, encumbered, released, or commuted and shall be exempt from all claims of creditors and from levy, execution, and attachment, or […]
596 – Claim Filing, Registration, and Reporting.
§ 596. Claim filing, registration, and reporting. * 1. Claim filing and certification to unemployment. A claimant shall file a claim for benefits at the local state employment office serving the area in which he was last employed or in which he resides within such time and in such manner as the commissioner shall prescribe. […]