§ 1457. Eligibility
§ 1457. Eligibility (a) An individual is eligible to receive STC benefits with respect to any week only if, in addition to eligibility for monetary entitlement, the Commissioner finds that: (1) the individual is employed during that week as a member of an affected unit under an approved short-time compensation plan that was in effect […]
§ 1458. Short-time compensation benefits
§ 1458. Short-time compensation benefits (a) The short-time weekly benefit amount shall be the product of the regular weekly unemployment compensation amount multiplied by the percentage of reduction in the individual’s usual weekly hours of work. (b) No individual, including a claimant for STC, is eligible in any benefit year for more than the maximum […]
§ 1459. Charging benefits
§ 1459. Charging benefits STC benefits paid to an employee shall be charged to the employers in the base period. Reimbursable employers participating in the STC Program shall be assessed for the STC benefits paid their employees. (Added 1985, No. 140 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 2013, No. 173 (Adj. Sess.), § 6.)
§ 1460. Extended benefits program eligibility
§ 1460. Extended benefits program eligibility An individual who has received all of the unemployment compensation or combined unemployment compensation and STC benefits available in a benefit year shall be considered an “exhaustee” as defined under the provisions of subdivision 1421(8) of this title. (Added 1985, No. 140 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)
§ 1461. Misrepresentation; penalties
§ 1461. Misrepresentation; penalties If an approved plan or any representation for implementation of the plan is intentionally and substantially misleading or false, the employer shall be liable for any amount of benefits deemed by the Commissioner to have been improperly paid from the fund as a result thereof. (Added 1985, No. 140 (Adj. Sess.), […]
§ 1462. Period of dormancy
§ 1462. Period of dormancy On July 1, 2020, the Short-Time Compensation Program established pursuant to sections 1451-1461 of this subchapter shall cease operation and shall not resume operation unless directed to do so by enactment of the General Assembly or, if the General Assembly is not in session, by order of the Joint Fiscal […]
§ 1471. Training benefit program
§ 1471. Training benefit program (a) An individual who is otherwise eligible for benefits under this chapter, but who has exhausted his or her maximum benefit amount under section 1340 of this chapter and any other available federally funded extension, is entitled to a maximum of an additional 26 weeks of benefits in the same […]
§ 1452. Criteria for approval
§ 1452. Criteria for approval (a) An employer wishing to participate in an STC program shall submit a Department of Labor electronic application or a signed written short-time compensation plan to the Commissioner for approval. The Commissioner may approve an STC plan only if the following criteria are met: (1) The plan identifies the specified […]
§ 1453. Approval or rejection; resubmission
§ 1453. Approval or rejection; resubmission The Commissioner shall approve or reject a plan in writing within 30 days of its receipt, and in the case of rejection shall state the reasons therefor. The reasons for rejection shall be final and nonappealable, but the employer shall be allowed to submit another plan for approval, that […]
§ 1454. Effective date; duration
§ 1454. Effective date; duration A plan shall be effective on the date specified in the plan or on a date mutually agreed upon by the employer and the Commissioner. It shall expire at the end of the sixth full calendar month after its effective date or on the date specified in the plan if […]