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Provides a comprehensive and detailed explanation for the federal old-age, survivor's and disability insurance segments of the Social Security program.
The regulations under the Missouri Employment Security Law have been amended as follows:
Veterans' Unemployment Compensation Program. A new rule has been adopted to establish the standards and procedures for the provision of state-funded unemployment compensation to “war on terror” veterans. The rule is referred to as the Missouri Veterans’ Unemployment Compensation Program. It provides in part that a “war on terror veteran” is an individual who meets all of the following criteria: The individual is a Missouri resident who serves or has served in the United States military; the individual is or was a member of the National Guard or a member of a United States armed forces reserves unit who was officially domiciled in the state of Missouri immediately prior to deployment; the individual was deployed as part of his or her military unit at any time after September 11, 2001, and such deployment caused the individual to be unable to continue working for his or her nonmilitary employer; the individual was employed either part-time or full-time before deployment; and a Missouri court or United States district court located in Missouri has found that the individual was discharged from or laid off from his or her non-military employment during deployment or within 30 days after the completion of his or her deployment. The individual will be considered to have been discharged from his or her non-military employment if he or she is not offered the same wages, benefits and similar work schedule upon his or her return after deployment.
A war on terror veteran will be entitled to a weekly benefit amount of 8% of the wages paid to him or her during the calendar quarter in which he or she earned the highest amount within the five completed calendar quarters in which the war on terror veteran received wages immediately before deployment. However, the maximum weekly benefit amount will not exceed $1,153.64. A war on terror veteran will be entitled to receive a weekly benefit amount for 26 weeks.
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