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341.735 Reduction of extended benefit amount.
Notwithstanding any state statute to the contrary and to the extent permitted by
federal law, for any week during a period in which federal payments to states under
Section 204 of the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of
1970 are reduced under an order issued under Section 252 of the Balanced Budget
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Public Law 99-177):
(1) The weekly extended benefit amount payable to an individual for a week of
total unemployment in his eligibility period shall be reduced by an amount
equivalent to one-half (1/2) of the federal reduction and the resultant weekly
amount, if not a full dollar amount, shall be adjusted to the nearest multiple of
one dollar ($1);
(2) The total extended benefit amount payable to any eligible worker with respect
to his applicable benefit year shall be reduced by an amount equivalent to the
aggregate of the reductions under subsection (1) of this section in the weekly
amounts paid to the individual; and
(3) Subject employers, except governmental entities as defined in KRS 341.069,
shall be charged, in addition to the amount of regular benefits chargeable
under KRS 341.530, the difference of the amount of extended benefits paid the
worker under this section and the amount of the federal payment after
reduction. Governmental entities excepted by this subsection shall be charged
for regular and extended benefits in accordance with KRS 341.530.
Effective:July 15, 1986
History: Created 1986 Ky. Acts ch. 397, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1986.
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