                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

BENEFITS (§ 60.2-716)

A. The short-time compensation weekly benefit amount shall be the product of the
regular weekly unemployment compensation amount for a week of total unemployment
multiplied by the percentage of reduction in the individual&#8217;s usual weekly
hours of work.

B. An individual may be eligible for short-time compensation or unemployment
compensation, as appropriate, except that (i) no individual shall be eligible
for combined benefits in any benefit year in an amount more than the maximum
entitlement established for regular unemployment compensation and (ii) no
individual shall be paid short-time compensation benefits for more than 26 weeks
under a plan.

C. Provisions applicable to unemployment compensation claimants shall apply to
short-time compensation claimants to the extent that they are not inconsistent
with the Program&#8217;s provisions. An individual who files an initial claim
for short-time compensation benefits shall receive a monetary determination.

D. 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 he would otherwise be eligible.

E. 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
compensation.

F. An employee who has received all of the short-time compensation or combined
unemployment compensation and short-time compensation available in a benefit
year shall be considered an exhaustee for purposes of extended benefits and, if
otherwise eligible under those provisions, shall be eligible to receive extended
benefits.

HISTORY: 2020, c. 1261.