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RSA 282-A:31-h · Self-Employment Assistance Program

Title: XXIII: LABOR
Chapter: 282-A · UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION
Status: current
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282-A:31-h Self-Employment Assistance Program. –

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There shall be in the department of employment security, a self-employment assistance program. Participants in the self-employment assistance program shall receive an allowance in lieu of regular benefits so long as participants meet the conditions established by this subdivision.

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II.

An individual may receive a self-employment assistance allowance if that individual:

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(a)

Is eligible to receive regular benefits or would be eligible to receive regular benefits except as provided in paragraph V;

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(b)

Is identified by a worker profiling system as an individual likely to exhaust regular benefits;

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(c)

Has filed an application for participation in a self-employment assistance program within 60 days of filing an initial application for regular benefits and has provided such information as the commissioner may prescribe;

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(d)

Has, at the time the application is filed, a balance of regular benefits equal to at least 18 times the individual's weekly benefit amount and at least 18 weeks remaining in the individual's benefit year;

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(e)

Has been accepted into a program approved by the commissioner that will provide self-employment assistance activities;

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(f)

Is participating in self-employment assistance activities;

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(g)

Is actively engaged on a full-time basis in activities, which may include training, related to establishing a business and becoming self-employed; and

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(h)

Has filed a weekly claim for the self-employment assistance allowance and provided the information the commissioner prescribes.

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III.

The weekly amount of a self-employment assistance allowance payable to an individual under this section shall be equal to the weekly benefit amount for regular benefits otherwise payable under RSA 282-A:25.

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IV.

The sum of the self-employment assistance allowance paid under this section, and regular benefits paid under this chapter may not exceed the maximum amount of benefits established under RSA 282-A:25 of this chapter with respect to any benefit year.

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Unemployment assistance shall be payable to participants in the self-employment assistance program at the same interval, on the same terms, and subject to the same conditions as regular benefits except that:

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(a)

The requirements of this chapter relating to availability for work and active search for work shall not be applicable to the participant.

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(b)

The requirements of this chapter relating to refusal to accept work shall not be applicable to the participant.

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(c)

The requirements of this chapter relating to disqualifying income shall not be applicable to income earned from self-employment by the participant.

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(d)

A participant who meets the requirements of this section shall be considered unemployed for the purposes of this chapter.

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(e)

A participant who fails to participate in self-employment assistance activities or who fails to actively engage on a full-time basis in activities, which may include training related to establishing a business and becoming self-employed, shall be denied benefits for the week the failure occurs.

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VI.

The aggregate number of individuals participating in the self-employment assistance program at any time may not exceed 2.5 percent of the number of individuals receiving regular benefits at that time.

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VII.

Self-employment assistance allowances shall be charged to the unemployment trust fund established in RSA 282-A:103.

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VIII.

The commissioner shall adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, relative to:

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(a)

Procedures for application to the self-employment assistance program.

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(b)

The definition of self-employment activities and self-employment assistance activities.

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(c)

Procedures for filing weekly claims for assistance while participating in the self-employment assistance program.

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(d)

Any other matters that may require rules under the provisions of this subdivision.

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IX.

The commissioner may terminate a participant's self-employment assistance allowance when the commissioner deems it appropriate. Source. 2013, 218:1, eff. July 1, 2013. Disqualification for Benefits

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Source note

Source. 2013, 218:1, eff. July 1, 2013. Disqualification for Benefits

Source history

2013, 218:1, eff. July 1, 2013. Disqualification for Benefits

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