Vermont § 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 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.)