KRS 341.710: Eligibility requirements for extended benefits.

(1) A worker shall be eligible to receive extended benefits with respect to any week of

unemployment in his or her eligibility period only if the secretary finds that with

respect to such week:

(a) He or she is an "exhaustee" as defined in subsection (5) of KRS 341.096; and

(b) He or she has satisfied the requirements of this chapter for the receipt of

regular benefits that are applicable to workers claiming extended benefits,

including not being subject to a disqualification for the receipt of benefits.

(2) A worker shall not be eligible for extended benefits for any week if:

(a) Extended benefits are payable for such week pursuant to an interstate claim

filed in any state under the interstate benefit payment plan, and no extended

benefit period is in effect for such week in such state. However, this provision

shall not apply with respect to the first two (2) weeks for which extended

benefits are payable to a worker pursuant to an interstate claim filed under the

interstate benefit payment plan; or

(b) The secretary finds that during such period:

1. He or she failed to accept any offer of suitable work (as required for

extended benefits), or he or she failed to apply for any suitable work to

which he or she was referred by the secretary; or

2. He or she failed to actively engage in seeking work as defined in this

section.

(3) Any individual who has been found ineligible for extended benefits by reason of the

provisions set forth in this section shall be denied benefits for the week in which

such failure occurred and thereafter until he or she has been employed in each of

four (4) subsequent weeks (whether or not consecutive) and has earned at least four

(4) times his or her weekly benefit rate in bona fide full-time covered employment.

(4) For the purpose of this section, a worker shall be treated as actively engaged in

seeking work during any week if:

(a) Such worker has engaged in a systematic and sustained effort to obtain work

during such week; and

(b) Such worker furnishes tangible evidence that he or she has engaged in such

effort during such week.

(5) The secretary shall r efer any claimant entitled to receive extended benefits to any

suitable work which meets the criteria as required in KRS 341.712 for workers

claiming extended benefits.

(6) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, if the benefit year of any

worker ends within an extended benefit period, the remaining balance of extended

benefits that such worker would, but for this section, be entitled to receive in that

extended benefit period, with respect to weeks of unemployment beginning after the

end of the benefit year, shall be reduced (but not below zero (0)) by the product of

the number of weeks for which the worker received any amounts as trade

adjustment allowances within that benefit year, multiplied by the worker's weekly

benefit amount for extended benefits.