Pub. L. 95-250, tit. II, sec. 205

Sec. 205. (a) An application for unemployment compensation filed by a covered employee on or after the first Monday following the date of enactment shall be deemed an application for the benefits provided by this Act. (b) An affected employee shall be eligible (unless said employee has received a social security retirement or disability benefit or a pension under a plan contributed to by an affected employer) for layoff and 92 STAT. 177vacation replacement benefits, as defined herein, effective the first Monday following the date of enactment, for each week of total or partial layoff if, with respect to said week, said employee— (1) is registered with the United States Employment and Training Service in Humboldt or Del Norte Counties or one of the adjacent counties in the State of California or at such other location as the Secretary may designate; (2) is eligible for unemployment compensation benefits under the California Unemployment Insurance Code: Provided, That the Secretary is authorized and directed to provide for the payment of benefits under this title to an affected employee who is held ineligible or is disqualified for benefits under said code solely because of one or more of the following reasons: insufficient base period earnings; exhaustion of benefit rights; earnings in excess of the amount which would entitle the employee to a partial benefit for the week; the waiting week requirement; unavailability for work because of jury duty, National Guard duty, retraining authorized, financed or approved by a public agency, or because of a similar reason as determined by the Secretary; refusal of work which is not “suitable work” as defined in section 201(14); receipt of a worker’s compensation or other benefit for partial disability which the employee would be entitled to receive while working: and any other cause of ineligibility with respect to which the Secretary determines that, under the circumstances, it would be unreasonable or otherwise contrary to the purpose of this Act to deny said employee a benefit provided for herein; and (3) the employee’s period of protection has not been exhausted or otherwise ended by acceptance of a severance payment.