Pub. L. 95-250, tit. II, sec. 206

Sec. 206. (a) The period of protection for an affected employee shall start with the beginning of the first week for which said employee is eligible to receive a layoff or vacation replacement benefit as provided by this title, and shall continue until the earliest of (i) the date said employee accepts a severance payment provided for below, (ii) a period equal to the length of the employee’s creditable sendee is exhausted, or (iii) said employee’s sixty-fifth birthday. In no event shall such period extend beyond September 30, 1984, except as provided by subsection (d) of section 207. (b) Creditable service shall be computed as follows: (1) a period equal to the length of an employee’s seniority (or continuous service as defined herein) with said employee’s last affected employer as of the date said employee’s period of protection begins; plus (2) a period equal to the sum of all prior periods during which the employee had seniority (or continuous service) with the same affected employer and with other industry employers: Provided, That if such seniority was broken (or such continuous service was interrupted) for more than three consecutive years for any reason other than employment with other affected or industry employers, periods of service in the Armed Forces or disabilities for which said employee received any workers’ compensation benefits, unemployment compensation disability benefits, or disability benefits under the Social Security Act, any periods of seniority (or continuous service) prior to the break in seniority (or interruption in continuous service) shall be disregarded. (c) If necessary, in order to establish an employee’s creditable service, the Secretary shall request authorization to examine said employee’s social security wage record and shall compute such service from it by a method to be prescribed by regulation.