607 - Benefits. - New York Statutes

§ 607. Benefits. 1. Amount. An eligible claimant shall be paid benefits for any week equal to his benefit rate multiplied by the percentage of reduction of his wages resulting from reduced hours of work, but only if such percentage is no less than twenty percent. The weekly benefit amount shall be rounded off to the nearest dollar. A claimant shall not be paid such benefits in excess of twenty weeks during a benefit year. 2. Waiting period. A claimant shall not be entitled to benefits for the first week of unemployment under a shared work program unless he has served a waiting period in his benefit year pursuant to subdivision seven of section five hundred ninety of this article.