Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.3774 - Labor and Industrial Relations

Conditions of eligibility: Findings by Administrator. A person is eligible to receive extended benefits for any week of unemployment in his eligibility period only if the Administrator finds that with respect to that week:

1. He is an “exhaustee”;

2. He has satisfied the requirements of this chapter for the receipt of regular benefits that are applicable to persons claiming extended benefits, except that, for the purposes of paragraph (d) of subsection 1 of NRS 612.375, a person is eligible to receive extended benefits with respect to any week only if the Administrator finds that the person has within his base period:

(a) Been paid wages from employers equal to or exceeding 1 1/2 times his total wages for employment by employers during the quarter of his base period in which his total wages were highest;

(b) Been paid wages from employers equal to or exceeding 40 times his most recent weekly benefit amount; or

(c) Twenty weeks of full-time employment subject to this chapter; and

3. He was not disqualified for benefits during the period for which he claimed regular benefits because he voluntarily left work, was discharged for misconduct or failed to apply for or accept suitable work, or if he was so disqualified, he thereafter regained his qualification pursuant to subsection 1 of NRS 612.380 or NRS 612.385 or 612.390. The provisions of this subsection do not apply for weeks of unemployment where prohibited by federal law.

Last modified: February 25, 2006