Nebraska Administrative Code
Topic - LABOR, DEPARTMENT OF
Title 219 - DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Chapter 19 - SHORT-TIME COMPENSATION PROGRAM
Section 219-19-006 - Weekly Benefit Process

i. Following each benefit week during which an STC employer has an active, approved STC plan, the STC employer shall submit a weekly certification for all employees covered by the STC plan in a form and manner directed by the commissioner. This weekly certification shall be submitted no later than the Saturday following the benefit week being certified.

ii. An STC employer's failure to submit a weekly certification prior to the deadline set by the commissioner may provide the commissioner with good cause to revoke the STC plan.

i. To elect to receive benefits under an STC plan, an employee in an affected unit must file an application for unemployment compensation in a form and manner directed by the commissioner.

ii. An individual electing to participate in an STC plan must provide any information requested by the commissioner to determine the individual's eligibility for STC benefits or the individual's weekly benefit amount. Failure to provide information as directed may result in denial of STC benefits.

iii. If an individual is not eligible for STC benefits during a benefit week, the individual may receive regular unemployment compensation for that week if otherwise eligible.

To receive any regular unemployment compensation for which the individual may be eligible, the individual shall timely file a weekly certification under the rules and regulations governing regular unemployment compensation.

i. An individual is available for all usual hours of work if, for all usual hours of work, the Participant was either actually available to work or on leave approved by the STC employer.

ii. Leave taken during a benefit week with approval of the STC employer, including but not limited to sick leave, holiday leave, personal time off, and vacation leave, shall be treated as actual hours worked during that week for the purpose of calculating STC benefits.

iii. If an individual is covered by more than one approved STC plan, each with a different employer, for a benefit week, the individual's usual hours worked shall be the individual's combined usual hours worked for all STC employers but shall not be more than 40 hours. The individual's actual hours worked for a benefit week will be the combined hours the individual worked for all employers during that week.

iv. If an individual's weekly benefit amount is based primarily on wages earned from an STC employer, a separation from employment with a non-STC employer after the effective date of an approved STC plan will not result in assessment of a time disqualification for the individual.