KRS 341.4169: Shared work unemployment compensation eligibility.

(1) An individual is eligible to receive shared work unemployment compensation

benefits with respect to any week only if the secretary finds that:

(a) The individual is employed as a member of an affected group under an

approved plan that was approved by the s ecretary before the week and is in

effect for the week;

(b) The individual is able to work and is available for the normal work week with

the shared work employer; and

(c) The normal weekly hours of work of the individual are reduced by at least ten

percent (10%) but not more than forty percent (40%), with a corresponding

reduction in wages.

(2) A worker shall not be denied shared work benefits if he or she is otherwise eligible

for these benefits for any week by reason of the application of any provision o f this

chapter relating to availability for work, active search for work or participation in

work search activities, or refusal to apply for or accept work from other than the

worker's shared work employer.

(3) A worker shall not be denied shared work bene fits if he or she is otherwise eligible

for these benefits for any week because he or she is participating in any employer

sponsored training or worker training funded by the Workforce Innovation and

Opportunity Act, 29 U.S.C. ch. 32.

(4) Notwithstanding a ny other provision in this chapter, a worker shall be deemed

unemployed in any week for which compensation is payable to him or her, as an

employee in an affected group, for less than his or her normal weekly hours of work

in accordance with an approved plan in effect for the week.