Maine Revised Statutes Title 26. Labor and Industry § 1196. Extended benefits for dislocated workers in approved training; annual report

A. An individual who:

B. An individual who has been terminated or who has received a notice of termination of employment, as a result of any permanent closure of a plant or facility; or

C. An individual who is long-term unemployed and has limited opportunities for employment or reemployment in the same or a similar occupation in the area in which the individual resides, including any older individual who may have substantial barriers to employment because of the individual's age.

A. Until the person has exhausted benefits for which that person is eligible under any unemployment insurance benefit program funded in whole or in part by the State or the Federal Government; or

B. Who is eligible for or who has exhausted, after March 20, 1986, trade adjustment allowances as provided by the United States Trade Act of 1974, 19 United States Code, Sections 2291 to 2294 and any amendments or additions thereto, or a similar successor provision of that Act, except that any individual who was eligible for and received less than 26 weeks of benefits under that Act may receive benefits for the number of weeks by which the individual's benefits under that Act are less than 26 weeks.

A. The number of persons who receive benefits under those provisions;

B. The average length of time in training for persons who receive benefits under those provisions;

C. The average weekly benefit and average total amount of benefits paid to persons under those provisions;

D. The success rate in placing trainees who receive benefits under those provisions;

E. The total cost of benefits paid under those provisions and the effect on the Unemployment Trust Fund; and

F. The number of persons participating in training while receiving extended unemployment benefits under those provisions during the report year who have previously completed a training program while receiving extended unemployment benefits under those provisions, including the length of time between those enrollments.