New Mexico § 51-1-6 - Periods of time not counted in determining eligibility for unemployment compensation

§ 51-1-6. Periods of time not counted in determining eligibility for unemployment compensation

Any person who has had a continuous period of sickness or injury for which he received

benefits under the Workers’ Compensation Act or the New Mexico Occupational Disease

Disablement Law and who, in fact, has been unavailable for employment within the meaning

of the Unemployment Compensation Law shall be entitled, if he was eligible before

the sickness or injury occurred, to apply for and receive such unemployment compensation

benefits as he would have been eligible to receive if he had been involuntarily separated

from work at the time of the occurrence of the sickness or injury. The right to unemployment compensation benefits shall not be preserved under this

section unless a claim for benefits is filed with respect to a week that is not later

than the fourth calendar week after the termination of the continuous period of compensated

sickness or injury, and unless such week is within the thirty-six month period that

follows the date of the commencement of the continuous period of sickness or injury. In the event that any person has received a lump-sum award in settlement of his

claim under the Workers’ Compensation Act or the New Mexico Occupational Disease Disablement

Law, that person's continuous period of sickness or injury shall be deemed to have

terminated, and he must file his claim for unemployment benefits within four weeks

after the award or settlement.