2015 Code of Virginia
Title 60.2 - Unemployment Compensation
§ 60.2-706. (For contingent expiration dates -- see notes) Eligibility for short-time compensation

An individual is eligible to receive short-time compensation with respect to any week only if the individual is monetarily eligible for unemployment compensation, not otherwise disqualified for unemployment compensation, not receiving supplemental unemployment benefits as defined in § 501(c)(17)(D) of the Internal Revenue Code, and:

1. During the week, the individual is employed as a member of an affected unit under an approved short-time compensation plan that was approved prior to that week, and the plan is in effect with respect to the week for which short-time compensation is claimed;

2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an individual covered by a plan is deemed unemployed in any week during the duration of such plan if the individual's remuneration as an employee in an affected unit is reduced based on a reduction of the individual's usual weekly hours of work under an approved short-time compensation plan; and

3. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this title relating to availability for work and actively seeking work, the individual is available for the individual's usual hours of work with the short-time compensation employer, which may include, for purposes of this section, participating in training, including employer-sponsored training or training funded under the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, to enhance job skills that is approved by the Commission.

2014, c. 818.