1. No household is eligible for benefits under this chapter for any month in which any member of that household participates in a strike. If it is discovered that a household member participated in a strike during a month in which a benefit has already been paid for that month, the human service zone shall consider that amount as an overpayment subject to recovery.

2. For purposes of this section:

a. "Participating in a strike" means actual refusal, in concert with others, to provide services to one's employer.

b. "Strike" means a work stoppage, including a work stoppage due to the expiration of a collective bargaining agreement or a deliberate slowdown or interruption of operations by a body of workers to enforce compliance with demands made on an employer.

History: Effective December 9, 1996; amended effective January 1, 2003.