Unemployment benefit.
Section 15
SEC. 15. Unemployment benefit.— Subject to the rules and regulations of the System, any employee covered under this Act who, after one year at least from the date of his coverage, becomes unemployed for any reason other than his misconduct, voluntary resignation without sufficient cause attributable to his employer, or an act of shall be entitled, for each day except holiday, to an allowance equivalent to twenty per centum of his daily rate of compensation, plus five per centum thereof for every dependent if he has any, but in no case shall the total amount of such daily allowance exceed six pesos, or fifty per centum of his daily rate of compensation, whichever is the smaller amount, nor be paid for a period longer than ninety days in one calendar year: Provided, That the covered employee has worked for his employer and paid the required premiums during the preceding year for at least twenty-six weeks, of which four weeks must immediately precede his unemployment: Provided, further, That the payment of said allowances shall begin only after the first three weeks of unemployment, which period the Commission, however, may reduce to two weeks if the covered employee has dependents; but in no case shall such payment begin before all leaves of absence with pay, if any, to the credit of the employee shall have been exhausted: Provided, further, That payment of such allowances shall be suspended if his continued unemployment is due to his failure, without good cause, to apply for available suitable work, or to avail himself of a reasonable opportunity for suitable work, or to accept suitable work when offered to him: Provided, further, That the total amount of the daily allowances paid to the covered employee under this section shall be deducted from the death or disability benefit provided in section thirteen if he dies or becomes totally and permanently disabled within five years from the date on which the last of such allowances becomes due and payable: Provided, finally, That no benefit shall be paid unless the unemployed claimant has registered at a public employment office or other approved agency and, upon investigation, the System is satisfied that he has complied with such rules and conditions as the Commission may have prescribed. As used in this Act, "suitable work" means work in the usual employment of the covered employee, or other employment for which he is reasonably fitted: That no work shall be deemed suitable if— The position offered is vacant due directly to a strike, lockout, or other labor dispute; or The wages, hours, or other conditions of the work are substantially less favorable to the covered employee than those prevailing for similar work in the locality; or As a condition of the employment, the covered employee is required to join a company union, or to resign from, or refrain from joining, any bona fide labor organization.