1. For purposes of subsection 10 of section 1192 of the Employment Security Law, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

A. "Athletes" shall mean those persons who are players on the roster of a sports team, either on the active player roster or in a reserve capacity.

B. "Reasonable assurance" means a written, verbal or implied agreement, or an accepted practice of the sport or athletic event.

C. "Substantially all" means that at least eighty percent (80%) of an athlete's total time in covered services during the base period consists of participating in, training, or preparing to participate in sports or athletic events.

STATUTORY AUTHORITY: 26 M.R.S.A., Section 1082, Subsection 2

EFFECTIVE DATE:

October 2, 1989

NON-SUBSTANTIVE CORRECTIONS:

June 20, 2000 - converted to MS Word

December 14, 2000 - restored a missing quotation mark

NON-SUBSTANTIVE EDIT:

October 30, 2024 – Rule header on page 1 amended to identify the agency unit of jurisdiction