Sec. 1225. Wage insurance
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A State may use the funds allotted to the State under this part to provide a wage insurance program for EUC claimants. The wage insurance program provided under this section may use funds allotted to the State under this part to pay, for a period not to exceed 2 years, to a worker described in subsection (c), up to 50 percent of the difference between— the wages received by the worker at the time of separation; and the wages received by the worker for reemployment. The benefits described in subsection
(b)may be paid to an individual who is an EUC claimant at the time such individual obtains reemployment and who— is at least 50 years of age; earns not more than $50,000 per year in wages from reemployment; is employed on a full-time basis as defined by the law of the State; and is not employed by the employer from which the individual was last separated. A State shall establish a maximum amount of payments per individual for purposes of payments described in subsection
(b)during the eligibility period described in such subsection. An employer shall not pay a worker described in subsection
(c)less than such employer pays to a regular worker in the same or substantially equivalent position.