                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

ELIGIBILITY FOR SHORT-TIME COMPENSATION (§ 60.2-715)

A. An employee is eligible to receive short-time compensation under a work
sharing plan with respect to any week only if the employee is monetarily
eligible for unemployment compensation, not otherwise disqualified for
unemployment compensation, and:

   1. During the week, the employee is employed as a member of an affected unit
   under an approved work sharing 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; and

   2. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this title relating to availability
   for work and actively seeking work, the employee is available for the
   employee&#8217;s usual hours of work with the short-time compensation
   employer, which may include, for purposes of this section, participating in
   training, including employer-sponsored training or training funded under the
   federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014, to enhance job
   skills that is approved by the Commission.

B. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an employee covered by a work
sharing plan is deemed unemployed in any week during the duration of that plan
if the employee&#8217;s remuneration as an employee in an affected unit is
reduced based on a reduction of the employee&#8217;s usual weekly hours of work
under an approved work sharing plan.

C. The short-term compensation program shall not serve as a subsidy of seasonal
employment during the off-season, nor as a subsidy of temporary part-time or
intermittent employment.

HISTORY: 2020, c. 1261.