§ 27-3-808 — Benefits

Wyoming § 27-3-808

• Jurisdiction: Wyoming
• Title 27: Labor and Employment
• Ch. 3: UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION
• Art. 8: SHORT TIME COMPENSATION PROGRAM

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(a) The short time compensation weekly benefit amount
available to employees under an approved plan shall be the
product of the employee's regular weekly unemployment
compensation amount for a week of total unemployment multiplied
by the percentage of reduction in the employee's usual weekly
hours of work.
(b) An employee may be eligible for short time
compensation or unemployment compensation except no employee
shall be:
(i) Eligible for combined benefits in any benefit
year in an amount more than the maximum entitlement established
for regular unemployment compensation;
(ii) Paid short time compensation benefits for more
than fifty-two (52) weeks under a short time compensation plan.
(c) The short time compensation paid to an employee shall
be deducted from the maximum entitlement amount of regular
unemployment compensation established for that employee's
benefit year.
(d) Provisions applicable to unemployment compensation
claimants under this act shall apply to short time compensation
claimants to the extent that they are not inconsistent with W.S.
27-3-801 through 27-3-810. The department shall issue a monetary
determination to any employee who files an initial claim for
short time compensation benefits.
(e) Employees who work in an affected unit of a short time
compensation employer and another employer during weeks covered
by the approved short time compensation plan shall be subject to
the following:
(i) If the combined hours of work in a week for both
employers do not result in a reduction of at least ten percent
(10%) of the usual weekly hours of work with the short time
employer, the employee shall not be entitled to benefits under
the short time compensation plan;
(ii) If the combined hours of work for both employers
results in a reduction equal to or greater than ten percent
(10%) of the usual weekly hours of work for the short time
compensation employer, the short time compensation benefit
amount payable to the employee shall be reduced for that week in
an amount determined by multiplying the weekly unemployment
benefit amount for a week of total unemployment by the
percentage by which the combined hours of work have been reduced
by ten percent (10%) or more of the employee's usual weekly
hours of work. A week for which benefits are paid under this
paragraph shall be reported as a week of short time
compensation;
(iii) If an employee worked the reduced percentage of
the usual weekly hours of work for the short time compensation
employer and is available for all his usual hours of work with
the short time compensation employer and the employee did not
work any hours for the other employer either because of the lack
of work with that employer or because the employee is excused
from work with the other employer, the employee shall be
eligible for short time compensation for that week. The benefit
amount for such week shall be calculated as provided in
subsection (a) of this section.
(f) An employee who is not provided any work during a week
by the short time compensation employer or any other employer
and who is otherwise eligible for unemployment compensation
shall be eligible for the amount of regular unemployment
compensation to which they would otherwise be eligible.
(g) An employee who is not provided any work by the short
time compensation employer during a week but who works for
another employer and is otherwise eligible may be paid
unemployment compensation for that week subject to the
disqualifying income and other provisions applicable to claims
for regular unemployment compensation.