Louisiana Revised Statutes 23:1603 – Prohibition against disqualification of individuals in approved training
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 23:1603
- Benefits: means the money payments payable to an individual, as provided in this Chapter, with respect to his unemployment. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 23:1472
- Employment: means , subject to the other provisions of this Subsection, any services including service in interstate commerce, performed for wages or under any contract of hire, written or oral, express or implied;
- State: includes the states of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 23:1472
- Wages: means all remuneration for services, including vacation pay, holiday pay, dismissal pay, commissions, bonuses, the cash value of all remuneration in any medium other than cash, and WARN Act payments received pursuant to 29 U. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 23:1472
- Week: means such period of seven consecutive days, as the administrator may by regulation prescribe. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 23:1472
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Chapter, no individual who is otherwise eligible for benefits shall be denied benefits for any week he is in training approved under 19 U.S.C. § 2296 because:
(1) he left work to enter such training, provided the work left is not suitable employment, or
(2) of the application of any state or federal unemployment compensation law relating to availability for work, active search for work, or refusal to accept work.
For purposes of this Section, the term “suitable employment” means with respect to an individual, work of a substantially equal or higher skill level than the individual’s past adversely affected employment, as defined for purposes of the Trade Act of 1974, 19 U.S.C. § 2101, et seq., and for which the wages are not less than eighty percent of the individual’s prior average weekly wage as determined for the purposes of the Trade Act of 1974.
Added by Acts 1982, No. 499, §1, eff. July 22, 1982.