590 - Rights to Benefits.
1. Entitlement to benefits. A claimant shall be entitled to accumulate effective days for the purpose of benefit rights only if he has complied with...
591 - Eligibility for Benefits.
* 1. Unemployment. Benefits, except as provided in section five hundred ninety-one-a of this title, shall be paid only to a claimant who is totally...
591-a - Self-Employment Assistance Program.
* 1. The department is hereby authorized and empowered to establish and operate a self-employment assistance program as authorized pursuant to subsection (t) of section...
592 - Suspension of Accumulation of Benefit Rights.
1. Industrial controversy. (a) The accumulation of benefit rights by a claimant shall be suspended during a period of seven consecutive weeks beginning with the...
593 - Disqualification for Benefits.
1. Voluntary separation; separation for a compelling family reason. (a) No days of total unemployment shall be deemed to occur after a claimant's voluntary separation...
595 - Benefit Right Inalienable.
1. Waiver agreement void. No agreement by an employee to waive his rights under this article shall be valid. 2. Assignment of benefits void. Benefits...
596 - Claim Filing, Registration, and Reporting.
1. Claim filing and certification to unemployment. A claimant shall file a claim for benefits at the local state employment office serving the area in...
597 - Initial Determination.
1. Issuance. The validity of the claim and the amount of benefits payable to the claimant shall be determined in accordance with the regulations and...
600 - Effect of Retirement Payments.
1. Reduction of benefit rate. (a) The benefit rate of a claimant who is receiving a governmental or other pension, retirement or retired pay, annuity,...
601 - Extended Benefits.
1. Definitions. For the purposes of this section: (a) (1) There shall be a "state 'on' indicator" for a week if, as determined by the...