PURPOSE: This rule provides guidance regarding individual eligibility under the federal Reemployment Trade Adjustment Assistance Program, as enacted in the United States Trade and Globalization Adjustment Assistance Act of 2009 (Division B, Title I, Subtitle I of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Public Law No. 111-5) on February 17, 2009. This rule implements 19 United States Code, Section 2318(a)(3)(B)(iii)(I).
(1) For purposes of Reemployment Trade Adjustment Assistance (RTAA), a "full-time employee" is one who has a work week of at least forty (40) hours, or who works the number of hours generally accepted by industry custom or practice as full-time employment, as established by the RTAA applicant by evidence presented to the Division of Employment Security or its designee. AUTHORITY: section 288.220, RSMo 2000,* United States Department of Labor Training and Employment Guidance Letter No. 22-08, and 19 United States Code, Section 2318(a)(3)(B)(iii)(I). Original rule filed Aug. 27, 2009, effective Feb. 28, 2010. *Original authority: 288.220, RSMo 1951, amended 1955, 1961, 1963, 1967, 1971, 1995.