(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, an adversely affected worker covered by a certification under Subchapter A, Chapter 2, Title II of the Trade Act of 1974 may not be determined to be ineligible or disqualified for unemployment insurance or Trade Act benefits payable under Part I, Subchapter B, Chapter 2, Title II of the Trade Act of 1974 because the individual is in training approved under Part II, Subchapter B, Chapter 2, Title II of the Trade Act of 1974 because of:
(1) Leaving work which is not suitable employment to begin or continue training; or
(2) The application to any such week in training of provisions of this chapter or any state or federal unemployment insurance law relating to availability for work, active search for work, or refusal to accept work.
(b) For purposes of this section, the term “suitable employment” means, with respect to a worker described in this section, work of a substantially equal or higher skill level than the worker's past adversely affected employment and wages for such work at not less than eighty percent (80%) of the worker's average weekly wage.
Structure Arkansas Code
Title 11 - Labor and Industrial Relations
Chapter 10 - Division of Workforce Services Law
Subchapter 5 - Benefits Generally
§ 11-10-502. Weekly benefit amount
§ 11-10-503. Weekly benefits for partial unemployment
§ 11-10-504. Maximum benefits payable
§ 11-10-505. Failure of base-period employer to respond
§ 11-10-506. Seasonal employment and benefit rights — Definitions
§ 11-10-507. Eligibility — Conditions — Definitions
§ 11-10-508. Eligibility — Labor dispute — Exceptions
§ 11-10-509. Eligibility — Employees of educational institutions
§ 11-10-510. Ineligibility — Service in sports or athletics
§ 11-10-511. Ineligibility — Aliens — Exception
§ 11-10-512. Disqualification — Satisfaction
§ 11-10-513. Disqualification — Voluntarily leaving work — Definitions
§ 11-10-514. Disqualification — Discharge for misconduct
§ 11-10-515. Disqualification — Failure or refusal to apply for or accept suitable work
§ 11-10-516. Disqualification — Refusal to report after layoff
§ 11-10-517. Disqualification — Receipt of other remunerations
§ 11-10-518. Disqualification — Certain workers in training program excepted
§ 11-10-519. Disqualification — Penalty for false statement or misrepresentation
§ 11-10-520. Claims — Posting of information by employer
§ 11-10-521. Claims — Filing — Notice to last employer
§ 11-10-522. Claims — Determination
§ 11-10-523. Board of Review created — Administrative appeal — Claims
§ 11-10-524. Claims — Administrative appeal — Filing and hearing
§ 11-10-525. Claims — Administrative appeal — Review by Board of Review
§ 11-10-526. Claims — Administrative appeal — Procedure
§ 11-10-527. Claims — Conclusiveness of determinations and decisions
§ 11-10-528. Claims — Administrative appeal — Rule of decision
§ 11-10-529. Claims — Decision of Board of Review — Judicial review
§ 11-10-530. Claims — Administrative appeal — Representation
§ 11-10-531. Claims — Payment of benefits
§ 11-10-532. Claims — Recovery
§ 11-10-533. Claims — Investigation of claims filed by state employees
§ 11-10-534. Extended benefits — Definitions
§ 11-10-535. Extended benefits — Effect of provisions relating to regular benefits
§ 11-10-536. Extended benefits — Eligibility
§ 11-10-537. Extended benefits — Weekly amount
§ 11-10-538. Extended benefits — Total amount
§ 11-10-539. Extended benefits — Period and computations
§ 11-10-540. Extended benefits — Financing
§ 11-10-541. Extended benefits — Overpayments
§ 11-10-542. Extended benefits — Not payable under interstate benefit payment plan — Exceptions
§ 11-10-543. Extended benefits — Failure to accept or seek suitable work — Definition
§ 11-10-544. Reciprocal arrangements with state and federal agencies