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(a)General rule.--Compensation shall be payable to a…

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(a) General rule.--Compensation shall be payable to a participating employee

for a week within the effective period of an approved shared-work plan

during which the employee works the number of hours determined under

section 1303(a)(5) for the participating employer on the same terms, in the

same amount and subject to the same conditions that would apply to the

participating employee without regard to this article, except as follows:

(1) A participating employee shall not be required to be unemployed

within the meaning of section 4(u) or file claims for compensation

under section 401(c).

(2) Notwithstanding section 404(d)(1), a participating employee shall be

paid compensation in an amount equal to the product of his weekly

benefit rate and the reduction percentage, rounded to the next lower

whole dollar amount.

(3) The department shall not deny compensation to a participating employee

for any week during the effective period of the shared-work plan by reason

of the application of any provision of this act relating to active search for

work or refusal to apply for or accept work other than work offered by the

participating employ

(4) A participating employee satisfies the requirements of section 401(d) (1)

if the employee is able to work and is available for the employee's

normal weekly hours of work with the participating employer.

(b) Equivalent remuneration.--For purposes of subsection (a), if a participating

employee works fewer hours than the number of hours determined under

section 1303(a)(5) for the participating employer during a week within the

effective period of the approved shared-work plan but receives remuneration

equal to remuneration the employee would have received if the employee had

worked the number of hours determined under section 1303(a)(5), the

employee will be deemed to have worked the number of hours determined

under section 1303(a)(5) during that week.

(c) Inapplicability of article.--A participating employee's eligibility for

compensation for a week within the effective period of an approved

shared-work plan shall be determined without regard to this article under

any of the following circumstances:

(1) The employee works fewer hours than the number of hours