Extended benefits; eligibility; effect of disqualification
Sec. 6. (a) An individual shall be eligible to receive extended
benefits with respect to any week of unemployment in the
individual's eligibility period only if the commissioner finds that with
respect to such week:
(1) the individual is an "exhaustee" (as defined in
IC 22-4-2-34(i)); and
(2) the individual has satisfied the requirements of this article
for the receipt of regular benefits that are applicable to extended
benefits, including not being subject to a disqualification for the
receipt of benefits.
(b) If an individual has been disqualified from receiving extended
benefits for failure to actively engage in seeking work under
IC 22-4-15-2(c), the ineligibility shall continue for the week in which
the failure occurs and until the individual earns remuneration in
employment equal to or exceeding the weekly benefit amount of the
individual's claim in each of four (4) weeks. For purposes of this
subsection, an individual shall be treated as actively engaged in
seeking work during any week if:
(1) the individual has engaged in a systematic and sustained
effort to obtain work during the week; and
(2) the individual provides tangible evidence to the department
of workforce development that the individual has engaged in an
effort to obtain work during the week.
(c) For claims for extended benefits established after September
25, 1982, notwithstanding any other provision of this article, an
individual shall be eligible to receive extended benefits only if the
individual's insured wages in the base period with respect to which
the individual exhausted all rights to regular compensation were
equal to or exceeded one and one-half (1 1/2) times the individual's
insured wages in that calendar quarter of the base period in which the
individual's insured wages were the highest.
(Formerly: Acts 1971, P.L.355, SEC.33.) As amended by Acts 1981,
P.L.209, SEC.7; Acts 1982, P.L.95, SEC.3; P.L.18-1987, SEC.43;
P.L.21-1995, SEC.81.
Last modified: May 27, 2006