(a) The shared work weekly benefit amount is the product of the regular weekly unemployment benefits amount multiplied by the percentage of reduction of at least ten percent (10%) in the individual’s usual weekly hours of work.
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 50-7-910

  • 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.
  • Shared work benefits: means the unemployment compensation benefits payable to employees in an affected group under an approved plan as distinguished from the unemployment benefits otherwise payable under other parts of this chapter. See Tennessee Code 50-7-901
  • Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(b) An individual may be eligible for shared work benefits or unemployment benefits, as appropriate, except that no individual is eligible for combined benefits in any benefit year in an amount more than the maximum entitlement established for unemployment benefits, nor is an individual eligible to be paid shared work benefits for more than the applicable maximum number of weeks described in § 50-7-301(d)(2), whether or not consecutive, in any benefit year pursuant to a shared work plan.
(c) The shared work benefits paid an individual are deducted from the maximum entitlement amount established for that individual’s benefit year.
(d) Claims for shared work benefits are filed in the same manner as claims for unemployment benefits or as prescribed in rules by the administrator.
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