Code of Federal Regulations Title 20. Employees' Benefits § 20.625.5 Unemployment caused by a major disaster

(1) The individual has a “week of unemployment” as defined in § 625.2(w)(1) following the “date the major disaster began” as defined in § 625.2(e), and such unemployment is a direct result of the major disaster;  or

(2) The individual is unable to reach the place of employment as a direct result of the major disaster;  or

(3) The individual was to commence employment and does not have a job or is unable to reach the job as a direct result of the major disaster;  or

(4) The individual has become the breadwinner or major support for a household because the head of the household has died as a direct result of the major disaster;  or

(5) The individual cannot work because of an injury caused as a direct result of the major disaster.

(1) The individual has a “week of unemployment” as defined in § 625.2(w)(2) following the “date the major disaster began” as defined in § 625.2(e), and such unemployment is a direct result of the major disaster;  or

(2) The individual is unable to reach the place where services as a self-employed individual are performed, as a direct result of the major disaster;  or

(3) The individual was to commence regular services as a self-employed individual, but does not have a place or is unable to reach the place where the services as a self-employed individual were to be performed, as a direct result of the major disaster;  or

(4) The individual cannot perform services as a self-employed individual because of an injury caused as a direct result of the major disaster.

(1) The physical damage or destruction of the place of employment;

(2) The physical inaccessibility of the place of employment in the major disaster area due to its closure by or at the request of the federal, state or local government, in immediate response to the disaster;  or

(3) Lack of work, or loss of revenues, provided that, prior to the disaster, the employer, or the business in the case of a self-employed individual, received at least a majority of its revenue or income from an entity in the major disaster area that was either damaged or destroyed in the disaster, or an entity in the major disaster area closed by the federal, state or local government in immediate response to the disaster.