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HARRY HUGHES, Governor
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UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION BENEFITS (AS DEFINED IN SECTION
501 (C)(17)(D) OF THE FEDERAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE) PAYABLE
TO THE INDIVIDUAL FOR THE WEEK;
(III) THE WAGES FOR THE WORK ARE EQUAL TO
OR EXCEED THE HIGHER OF THE MINIMUM WAGE PROVIDED BY SECTION
6(A)(1) OF THE FEDERAL FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT OF 1938,
WITHOUT REGARD TO ANY EXEMPTIONS, OR ANY APPLICABLE STATE OR
LOCAL MINIMUM WAGE;
(IV) THE WORK IS LISTED WITH THE DIVISION
OF EMPLOYMENT SERVICE AND IS OFFERED TO THE INDIVIDUAL IN
WRITING, AND;
(V) THE WORK IS SUITABLE UNDER THE
PROVISIONS OF SECTION 6(D) TO THE EXTENT THAT SUCH
PROVISIONS ARE NOT INCONSISTENT WITH THE PROVISIONS OF
PARAGRAPH (I) THROUGH (IV) OF THIS SUBSECTION.
(3) IF THE INDIVIDUAL FURNISHES EVIDENCE
SATISFACTORY TO THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR THAT HIS PROSPECTS OF
OBTAINING WORK IN HIS CUSTOMARY OCCUPATION WITHIN A
REASONABLY SHORT PERIOD ARE GOOD, THE DETERMINATION OF
WHETHER ANY WORK IS SUITABLE SHALL BE MADE IN ACCORDANCE
WITH SECTION 6(D) RATHER THAN IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBSECTION
(2) OF THIS SECTION.
(4) THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR SHALL REFER AN
INDIVIDUAL WHO APPLIES FOR EXTENDED BENEFITS TO SUITABLE
WORK.
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Section
20(h) shall apply with respect to weeks of unemployment
beginning after the effective date of this Act.
SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Sections
20(i), (j) and (k) shall apply with respect to weeks of
unemployment beginning after March 31, 1981.
SECTION 4. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the
provisions of this Act shall be construed in a manner
consistent with the provisions of the Federal-State Extended
Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970, as amended, in order
to assure that Maryland's Unemployment Insurance Law may be
certified by the U. S. Secretary of Labor pursuant to
Section 3304 of the Federal Unemployment Tax Act.
SECTION 5. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act is
hereby declared to be an emergency measure and necessary for
the immediate preservation of the public health and safety
and having been passed by a yea and nay vote supported by
three-fifths of all the members elected to each of the two
Houses of the General Assembly, the same shall take effect
from the date of its passage.
Approved April 28, 1981.
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