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Section 1 provides for eligibility for unemployment compensation benefits for participants
in a federal program (acronym WIRED) that provides funding for training for working employees
to upgrade their skills in the hopes of keeping their current employment. The employees would not
otherwise be eligible for unemployment benefits because they would not comply with the
requirement that they were available for work and certain other requirements.. There is a current
state program that provides eligibility for unemployment benefits for workers who voluntarily reduce
their hours of work to avoid the layoff of fellow employees. This program is called the "shared
work" program. The bill treats the employees in the WIRED program as though they were eligible
for benefits under the shared work program.
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