Louisiana Revised Statutes 23:1613 – Eligibility requirements for extended benefits
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 23:1613
- Administrator: means the secretary of the Louisiana Workforce Commission. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 23:1472
- Base period: means the first four of the last five complete calendar quarters immediately preceding the first day of an individual's benefit year. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 23:1472
- Benefits: means the money payments payable to an individual, as provided in this Chapter, with respect to his unemployment. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 23:1472
- Calendar quarter: means the period of three consecutive calendar months ending on March 31, June 30, September 30, or December 31, or the equivalent thereof as the administrator may by regulations prescribe. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 23:1472
- Insured work: means employment for employers. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 23:1472
- Wages: means all remuneration for services, including vacation pay, holiday pay, dismissal pay, commissions, bonuses, the cash value of all remuneration in any medium other than cash, and WARN Act payments received pursuant to 29 U. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 23:1472
- Week: means such period of seven consecutive days, as the administrator may by regulation prescribe. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 23:1472
An individual shall be eligible to receive extended benefits with respect to any week of unemployment in his eligibility period, only if the administrator finds that with respect to such week:
(1) he is an exhaustee as defined in La. Rev. Stat. 23:1611(10) and is eligible for such benefits under the provisions of La. Rev. Stat. 23:1617, and
(2) he has satisfied the requirements of this Chapter for the receipt of regular benefits that are applicable to individuals claiming extended benefits, including not being subject to a disqualification for the receipt of benefits.
(3) He has been paid wages for insured work during the base period equal to at least one and one-half times the wages paid in that calendar quarter in which such wages were highest.
Added by Acts 1971, No. 136, §15, eff. Jan. 1, 1972. Amended by Acts 1981, No. 868, §1; Acts 1982, No. 311, §1, eff. Sept. 26, 1982.