Sec. 31-232d. Eligibility conditions.
Sec. 31-232d. Eligibility conditions. An individual shall be eligible to receive
extended benefits with respect to any week of unemployment in his eligibility period
only if the administrator finds that with respect to such week: (a) He is an "exhaustee"
as defined in section 31-232b (a)(9); (b) he has satisfied the requirements of this chapter,
for the receipt of regular benefits that are applicable to individuals claiming extended
benefits, including not being subject to a disqualification for the receipt of benefits,
except where such requirements are inconsistent with the requirements of subdivisions
(c) and (d) of this section; (c) he has been paid wages, by an employer subject to the
provisions of this chapter, during the base period of his applicable benefit year (1) in
an amount equal to at least one and one-half times the wages paid during that quarter
of the base period of his applicable benefit year in which such wages were highest, (2) in
an amount equal to at least forty times his most recent weekly benefit amount, including
dependents' allowances, or (3) for twenty different weeks; and (d) he has not been found
ineligible for failure to apply for or accept suitable work or for failure to actively seek
work, as provided in section 31-232l.
(October, 1970, P.A. 1, S. 3; P.A. 82-361, S. 3, 10; P.A. 93-243, S. 13, 15.)
History: P.A. 82-361 required that, for an individual to be eligible for extended benefits, his base period earnings equal
at least one and one-half times the highest quarter's earnings in his base period and that he has actively sought work as
required in Sec. 31-232l, effective September 26, 1982; P.A. 93-243 added Subsec. (c)(2) and (3) to expand eligibility for
extended benefits, effective June 23, 1993.