Vermont Statutes Title 21 Sec. 1457
Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 21 Sec. 1457
- Affected unit: means a specific plan, department, shift, or other definable unit consisting of not less than five employees to which an approved short-time compensation plan applies. See
- Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Labor established by this chapter, or his or her authorized representative. See
- compensation: means the money payments payable to an individual, as provided in this chapter, with respect to his or her unemployment. See
- Employer: includes :
- Entitlement: A Federal program or provision of law that requires payments to any person or unit of government that meets the eligibility criteria established by law. Entitlements constitute a binding obligation on the part of the Federal Government, and eligible recipients have legal recourse if the obligation is not fulfilled. Social Security and veterans' compensation and pensions are examples of entitlement programs.
- Short-time compensation plan: means a plan of an employer under which there is a reduction in the number of hours worked by employees of an affected unit rather than layoffs. See
- STC: means the unemployment benefits payable to employees in an affected unit under an approved short-time compensation plan as distinguished from the unemployment benefits otherwise payable under the conventional unemployment compensation provisions of this chapter. See
- Week: means such period or periods of seven consecutive days, as the Board may by regulation prescribe. See
§ 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 for that week;
(2) the individual is able to work and is available for the normal work week with the short-time employer;
(3) notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter to the contrary, an individual is deemed unemployed in any week for which remuneration is payable to him or her as an employee in an affected unit for less than his or her normal weekly hours of work as specified under the approved short-time compensation plan in effect for the week;
(4) notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter to the contrary, an individual shall not be denied STC benefits for any week by reason of the application of provisions relating to availability for work and active search for work with an employer other than the short-time employer.
(b) Eligible employees may participate, as appropriate, in training, including employer-sponsored training or worker training funded under the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, to enhance job skills if the program has been approved by the Department. (Added 1985, No. 140 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 2013, No. 72, § 35c, eff. June 30, 2013; 2019, No. 131 (Adj. Sess.), § 126.)