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(h) For the purposes of this section, the following definitions shall apply:

(1) "Fruit or vegetable food processing operation" means those services

performed in connection with commercial canning or commercial

freezing of fruits and vegetables.

(2) "Normal seasonal period" means the normal seasonal period, as

determined in accordance with subsection (b) of this section, during

which workers are ordinarily employed for the purpose of carrying on

seasonal operations in each seasonal industry, as defined in this section.

(3) "Seasonal industry" means an industry, establishment or process within

an industry which, because of climatic conditions making it impractical

or impossible to do otherwise, customarily carries on fruit or vegetable

food processing operations, or both, only during a regularly recurring

period of one hundred eighty (180) days of work or less in a calendar year.

(4) "Seasonal operation" means an operation in which it is customary for

an employer engaged in a seasonal industry as defined in paragraphs

(1) and (3) of subsection (h) of this section, to operate all or a portion of

its business during a regularly recurring period of one hundred eighty

(180) days of work or less for a normal seasonal period during a

calendar year. An employer may be determined to be engaged in a

seasonal industry as defined in this section, with respect to a portion of

its business, only if that portion, under the usual and customary practice

in the industry, is identifiable as a functionally distinct operation.

(5) "Seasonal worker" means a worker who performs commercial canning

or commercial freezing services for a fruit or vegetable food processing

operation for less than one hundred eighty (180) days of work. (402.5 added July 1, 1985, P.L.96, No.30) Section 402.6. Ineligibility of Incarcerated Employe.--

(a) An employe shall not be eligible for payment of unemployment compensation

benefits for any weeks of unemployment during which the employe is

incarcerated after a conviction.