Illinois Code § 501

§ 501.

Eligibility on basis of wages for previously uncovered services. A. Solely for the purposes of subsection E of Section 500, and notwithstanding any other provisions of this Act, the term "wages for insured work" as used in the said subsection E, shall include, with respect to any benefit year beginning on or after January 1, 1978, and before May 1, 1979, wages paid for previously uncovered services. For such purposes, the term "previously uncovered services" means services (except to the extent that assistance under Title II of the Federal Emergency Jobs and Unemployment Assistance Act of 1974 was paid on the basis of such services): 1. Which were not "employment" as defined in Sections 206 to 233, inclusive, and in subsection B of Section 245, or pursuant to Section 302, at any time during the one year period ending December 31, 1975; and 2. Which (a) are agricultural labor which would have been employment as defined in Section 211.4 had it been performed after December 31, 1977, or domestic service which would have been employment as defined in Section 211.5 had it been performed after December 31, 1977, or (b) are services performed for a governmental entity referred to in Section 211.1 (other than the State of Illinois and its wholly owned instrumentalities), or for a not-for-profit school which is not an institution of higher education defined in Section 246. B. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Act, no employer shall be liable for payments in lieu of contributions (other than payments in lieu of contributions pursuant to paragraph 1 of Section 302 C) by reason of the payment of benefits on the basis of wages paid for previously uncovered services, to the extent that reimbursement for such benefits is made to this State by the Federal Government pursuant to Section 121 of the Federal Unemployment Compensation Amendments of 1976; and wages for previously uncovered services on which such benefits are based shall not become benefit wages. Wages shall become benefit wages only when an individual is paid benefits (in the amount and pursuant to the conditions specified in Section 1501) which are not reimbursed to this State by the Federal Government. If an individual would be ineligible for benefits under subsection E of Section 500 but for the wages paid for previously uncovered services, payments in lieu of contributions (other than payments pursuant to paragraph 1 of Section 302 C) shall not be due on the basis of any benefits paid to such individual, and the wages on which such benefits are based shall not become benefit wages. (Source: P.A. 80-2dSS-1.)