§ 27-3-807 — Eligibility for short time compensation benefits

(a) An employee shall only be eligible to receive short
time compensation with respect to any week if:
(i) The employee is monetarily eligible for
unemployment compensation;
(ii) The employee is not otherwise disqualified for
unemployment compensation;
(iii) During that week, the employee 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.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this act
relating to an employee's availability for work and actively
seeking work, the employee is eligible to receive shared work
benefits for a week in which the employee is able to work and is
available for additional hours of work or for full-time work
with the employee's short time compensation employer.
Participating in training as approved by the department to
enhance job skills or participating in employer-sponsored
training or training funded under the federal Workforce
Innovation and Opportunity Act shall satisfy the requirements of
this section.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an
employee covered by a short time compensation plan is deemed
unemployed in any week during the duration of such plan if the
employee's remuneration is reduced based on a reduction of the
employee's usual weekly hours of work under an approved short
time compensation plan.
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an
eligible employee shall not be denied short time compensation
benefits because of any provision of this act that provides
requirements concerning:
(i) Availability for work;
(ii) Actively searching for work;
(iii) Any refusal to apply for or accept work with an
employer other than the participating employer whose plan is
approved under this article.