60.2-613 - Benefits not denied to individuals in training with approval of Commission. - Virginia Statutes

§ 60.2-613. Benefits not denied to individuals in training with approval ofCommission.

A. No otherwise eligible individual shall be denied benefits for any weekbecause he is in training with the approval of the Commission, includingtraining under Section 134 of the Workforce Investment Act, nor shall suchindividual be denied benefits for any week in which he is in training withthe approval of the Commission, including training under Section 134 of theWorkforce Investment Act, by reason of the application of the provisions insubdivision 7 of § 60.2-612 relating to availability for work, or theprovisions of subdivision 3 of § 60.2-618 relating to failure to apply for,or a refusal to accept, suitable work.

B. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, no otherwiseeligible individual shall be denied benefits for any week because he is intraining approved under § 2296 of the Trade Act (19 U.S.C. § 2101 et seq.),nor shall such individual be denied benefits by reason of leaving work toenter such training, provided the work left is not suitable employment, orbecause of the application to any such week in training of provisions in thislaw (or any applicable federal unemployment compensation law), relating toavailability for work, active search for work, or refusal to accept work.

C. For purposes of this section, "suitable employment" means, with respectto an individual, work of a substantially equal or higher skill level thanthe individual's past adversely affected employment, as defined for purposesof the Trade Act, and wages for such work at not less than eighty percent ofthe individual's average weekly wage as determined for the purposes of theTrade Act.

(1971, Ex. Sess., c. 235, § 60.1-52.1; 1982, c. 237; 1984, c. 204; 1985, c.152; 1986, c. 480; 1995, c. 436; 2000, c. 687.)