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This law was first created in 2020. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 1261<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1495045,"object_type":"law","relational_id":374655,"identifier":"60.2-715","token":"60.2\/7\/60.2-715","url":"\/60.2-715\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/60.2-715\/","token":"60.2\/7\/60.2-715","dublin_core":{"Title":"Eligibility for short-time compensation","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 60.2-715","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> An employee is eligible to receive short-time compensation<\/span> under a work sharing plan<\/span> with respect to any week only if the employee is monetarily eligible for unemployment compensation, not otherwise disqualified for unemployment compensation, and: <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> During the week, the employee is employed as a member of an affected unit<\/span> under an approved work sharing plan<\/span> that was approved prior to that week, and the plan is in effect with respect to the week for which short-time compensation<\/span> is claimed; and <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> Notwithstanding any other provisions of this title relating to availability for work and actively seeking work, the employee is available for the employee’s usual hours of work with the short-time compensation<\/span> employer, which may include, for purposes of this section, participating in training, including employer-sponsored training or training funded under the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014, to enhance job skills that is approved by the Commission. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Notwithstanding any other provision of law<\/span>, an employee covered by a work sharing plan<\/span> is deemed unemployed in any week during the duration of that plan if the employee’s remuneration as an employee in an affected unit<\/span> is reduced based on a reduction of the employee’s usual weekly hours of work under an approved work sharing plan<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> The short-term compensation program<\/span> shall not serve as a subsidy of seasonal employment during the off-season, nor as a subsidy of temporary part-time or intermittent employment. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nELIGIBILITY FOR SHORT-TIME COMPENSATION (\u00a7 60.2-715)\n\nA. An employee is eligible to receive short-time compensation under a work\nsharing plan with respect to any week only if the employee is monetarily\neligible for unemployment compensation, not otherwise disqualified for\nunemployment compensation, and:\n\n 1. During the week, the employee is employed as a member of an affected unit\n under an approved work sharing plan that was approved prior to that week, and\n the plan is in effect with respect to the week for which short-time\n compensation is claimed; and\n\n 2. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this title relating to availability\n for work and actively seeking work, the employee is available for the\n employee’s usual hours of work with the short-time compensation\n employer, which may include, for purposes of this section, participating in\n training, including employer-sponsored training or training funded under the\n federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014, to enhance job\n skills that is approved by the Commission.\n\nB. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an employee covered by a work\nsharing plan is deemed unemployed in any week during the duration of that plan\nif the employee’s remuneration as an employee in an affected unit is\nreduced based on a reduction of the employee’s usual weekly hours of work\nunder an approved work sharing plan.\n\nC. The short-term compensation program shall not serve as a subsidy of seasonal\nemployment during the off-season, nor as a subsidy of temporary part-time or\nintermittent employment.\n\nHISTORY: 2020, c. 1261.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}