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CCH® UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE — 09/09/10

Nebraska amends its UI law regarding extended benefits

Nebraska has amended its Employment Security Law as follows:

Extended benefits. The law now provides that if the benefit year ends within an extended benefit period, the remaining balance of extended benefits will be reduced, but not below zero, by the product of the number of weeks for which the individual received amounts as trade readjustment allowances within the benefit year multiplied by his or her weekly benefit amount for extended benefits.

For extended benefits purposes, the rate of insured unemployment now means the percentage, used by the Commissioner in determining whether there is a state "on" or state "off" indicator, derived by dividing (i) the average weekly number of individuals filing claims for regular compensation under the Employment Security Law for weeks of unemployment with respect to the most recent 13-consecutive-week period, as determined by the Commissioner on the basis of his or her reports to the United States Secretary of Labor, by (ii) the average monthly employment covered under the Law for the first four of the most recent six completed calendar quarters ending before the end of such 13-week period.

In addition, except when the result would be inconsistent, the provisions of the Law which apply to claims for or payment of regular benefits will apply to claims for and payment of extended benefits. An individual will be eligible to receive extended benefits with respect to any week of unemployment in his or her eligibility period only if, with respect to such week, the individual: (a) is an exhaustee; (b) has satisfied the requirements for the receipt of regular benefits that are applicable to individuals claiming extended benefits; (c) is not otherwise ineligible; and (d) has been paid wages for insured work during his or her base period equal to at least one and one-half times the wages paid in that calendar quarter of the individual's base period in which such wages were highest.