Section 7-315. LABOR DISPUTES

 

315.1In accordance with §10(f) of the Act, the Director shall disqualify for benefits any individual who is unemployed as a direct result of a labor dispute, other than a lockout, still in active progress in the establishment where the individual is or was last employed.

 

315.2The labor dispute disqualification shall not apply with respect to a claimant if the following is shown to the satisfaction of the Director:

 

(a)That the claimant is not participating in or directly interested in the labor dispute which caused his or her unemployment; and

 

(b)That the claimant does not belong to a grade or class of workers of which, immediately before the commencement of the labor dispute, there were members employed at the premises at which the dispute occurs, any of whom were participating in or directly interested in the dispute.

 

315.3The labor dispute disqualification shall be imposed with respect to any week for which the Director makes appropriate findings.