§ 8-1004
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§8–1004.
(a)Except as provided in subsection
(b)of this section:
(1)an individual who otherwise is eligible to receive benefits is disqualified from receiving benefits for each week for which the Secretary finds that unemployment results from a stoppage of work, other than a lockout, that exists because of a labor dispute at the premises where the individual last was employed; and
(2)if separate branches of work that usually are conducted as separate businesses in separate premises are conducted in separate departments on the same premises, each department shall be considered a separate premises for the purposes of this subsection.
(b)A disqualification under this section does not apply to an individual who satisfies the Secretary that the individual:
(1)is not participating in, financing, or directly interested in the labor dispute that caused the stoppage of work; and
(2)does not belong to a class or grade of workers that, immediately before the stoppage, had any members:
(i)employed at the premises; and
(ii)participating in, financing, or directly interested in the labor dispute.