As used in this chapter, unless the context clearly requires otherwise:
(1) Except in so far as the Education and Labor Cabinet by administrative regulation prescribes the equivalent thereof to meet particular conditions:

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Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 341.080


(a) “Calendar year” means a year beginning on January 1; and
(b) “Calendar quarter” means three (3) consecutive months beginning on January
1, April 1, July 1, or October 1;
(2) “Week” means such period of seven (7) consecutive calendar days as the cabinet prescribes in administrative regulation; and
(3) “Week of unemployment” means any period of seven (7) consecutive days, as prescribed by the cabinet in administrative regulations, during which a worker performed less than full-time work and earned less than an amount equal to one and one-fourth (1-1/4) times the benefit rate determined for him or her in accordance with the provisions of subsection (2) of KRS § 341.380 except for any week he or she received shared work benefits in accordance with KRS § 341.4161 to KRS § 341.4173.
Effective: January 1, 2023
History: Amended 2022 Ky. Acts ch. 21, sec. 20, effective January 1, 2023; and ch.
236, sec. 30, effective July 1, 2022. — Amended 2009 Ky. Acts ch. 11, sec. 70, effective June 25, 2009. — Amended 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 211, sec. 133, effective July
12, 2006. — Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 426, sec. 565, effective July 15, 1998. — Amended 1996 Ky. Acts ch. 271, sec. 14, effective July 15, 1996. — Amended 1974
Ky. Acts ch. 74, Art. VI, sec. 107(24). — Amended 1972 Ky. Acts ch. 21, sec. 6. — Amended 1950 Ky. Acts ch. 206, sec. 1. — Amended 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 20, secs. 1 and 7. — Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 4748g-3.
Legislative Research Commission Note (1/1/2023). This statute was amended by 2022
Ky. Acts chs. 21 and 236, which do not appear to be in conflict and have been codified together.
Legislative Research Commission Note (1/1/2023). 2022 Ky. Acts ch. 21, sec. 26, provides that the Act, which amended this statute, may be cited as the Unemployment Insurance Sustainability Act of 2022.