Montana Code Annotated 2021

TITLE 39. LABOR

CHAPTER 51. UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE

Part 21. Benefit Eligibility

Part-Time Work Search -- Eligibility For Benefits

39-51-2115. Part-time work search -- eligibility for benefits. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), an individual may not be denied regular unemployment compensation benefits solely because the individual is seeking only part-time work, as that term is defined in rules adopted by the department.

(2) In order to be qualified for benefits under subsection (1), the majority of the individual's workweeks in the base period must have been part-time.

History: En. Sec. 29, Ch. 489, L. 2009.