Section 11-10-518 - Disqualification - Certain workers in training program excepted(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, an adversely affected worker covered by a certification under Subchapter A, Chapter 2, Title II of the Trade Act of 1974 may not be determined to be ineligible or disqualified for unemployment insurance or Trade Act benefits payable under Part I, Subchapter B, Chapter 2, Title II of the Trade Act of 1974 because the individual is in training approved under Part II, Subchapter B, Chapter 2, Title II of the Trade Act of 1974 because of: (1) Leaving work which is not suitable employment to begin or continue training; or(2) The application to any such week in training of provisions of this chapter or any state or federal unemployment insurance law relating to availability for work, active search for work, or refusal to accept work.(b) For purposes of this section, the term "suitable employment" means, with respect to a worker described in this section, work of a substantially equal or higher skill level than the worker's past adversely affected employment and wages for such work at not less than eighty percent (80%) of the worker's average weekly wage. Acts 1941, No. 391, § 5; 1943, No. 138, § 30; 1947, No. 398, § 4; 1949, No. 155, § 5; 1953, No. 162, § 3; 1955, No. 395, §§ 17, 18; 1963, No. 93, § 6; 1977, No. 376, § 11; 1979, No. 492, § 9; 1979, No. 922, § 9; 1981, No. 43, §§ 6, 7; 1981 (1st Ex. Sess.), No. 37, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 81-1106; 2005, No. 902, § 5.