HARRY W. NICE, GOVERNOR. 7

BENEFIT ELIGIBILITY CONDITIONS.

4. An unemployed individual shall be eligible to re-
ceive benefits with respect to any week only if the Board
finds that—

(a) He has registered for work at and thereafter has
continued to report at a re-employment office in accordance
with such regulations as the Board may prescribe.

(b) He has made a claim for benefits in accordance with
the provisions of section 6 (a) of this Act.

(c) He is able to work, and is available for work.

(d) Prior to any week for which he claims benefits he
has been totally unemployed for a waiting period of two
weeks (and for the purposes of this subsection, two weeks
of partial unemployment shall be deemed to be equivalent
to one week of total unemployment). Such weeks of total
or partial unemployment or both need not be consecutive.
No week shall be counted as a week of total unemployment
for the purposes of this subsection:

(1) If benefits have been paid with respect thereto,

(2) unless the individual was eligible for benefits with
respect thereto in all respects except for the requirements
of subsections (b) and (e) of this section;

(3) unless it occurs within the thirteen consecutive
weeks preceding the week for which he claims benefits,
provided that this condition shall not interrupt the pay-
ment of benefits for consecutive weeks of unemployment
nor require any individual who, prior to the first day of
his benefit year, shall have accumulated such two waiting
period weeks, to accumulate more than three additional
waiting period weeks during his ensuing benefit year;

(4) unless it occurs after benefits first could become
payable to any individual under this act.

(e) He has within the first four out of the last five
completed calendar quarters immediately preceding the
first day of his benefit year, earned wages of not less than
sixteen times his weekly benefit amount.

DISQUALIFICATION FOR BENEFITS.

5. An individual shall be disqualified for benefits—

(a) For the week in which he has left work voluntarily
without good cause, if so found by the Board, and for not
less than the one or more than the five weeks which imme-