[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 20, Volume 3]
[Revised as of April 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 20CFR625.5]

[Page 162-163]
 
                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS
 
 CHAPTER V--EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
 
PART 625--DISASTER UNEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 625.5  Unemployment caused by a major disaster.

    (a) Unemployed worker. The unemployment of an unemployed worker is 
caused by a major disaster if--
    (1) The individual has a ``week of unemployment'' as defined in 
Sec. 625.2(w)(1) following the ``date the major disaster began'' as 
defined in Sec. 625.2(e), and such unemployment is a direct result of 
the major disaster; or
    (2) The individual is unable to reach the place of employment as a 
direct result of the major disaster; or
    (3) The individual was to commence employment and does not have a 
job or is unable to reach the job as a direct result of the major 
disaster; or
    (4) The individual has become the breadwinner or major support for a 
household because the head of the household has died as a direct result 
of the major disaster; or
    (5) The individual cannot work because of an injury caused as a 
direct result of the major disaster.
    (b) Unemployed self-employed individual. The unemployment of an 
unemployed self-employed individual is caused by a major disaster if--
    (1) The individual has a ``week of unemployment'' as defined in 
Sec. 625.2(w)(2) following the ``date the major disaster began'' as 
defined in Sec. 625.2(e), and such unemployment is a direct result of 
the major disaster; or
    (2) The individual is unable to reach the place where services as a 
self-employed individual are performed, as a direct result of the major 
disaster; or
    (3) The individual was to commence regular services as a self-
employed individual, but does not have a place or is unable to reach the 
place where the services as a self-employed individual were to be 
performed, as a direct result of the major disaster; or
    (4) The individual cannot perform services as a self-employed 
individual because of an injury caused as a direct result of the major 
disaster.
    (c) Unemployment is a direct result of the major disaster. For the 
purposes of paragraphs (a)(1) and (b)(1) of this section, a worker's or 
self-employed individual's unemployment is a direct result of the major 
disaster where the unemployment is an immediate result of the major 
disaster itself, and not the result of a longer chain of events 
precipitated or exacerbated by the disaster. Such an individual's 
unemployment is a direct result of the major disaster if the 
unemployment resulted from:
    (1) The physical damage or destruction of the place of employment;
    (2) The physical inaccessibility of the place of employment due to 
its closure by the federal government, in immediate response to the 
disaster; or
    (3) Lack of work, or loss of revenues, provided that, prior to the 
disaster, the employer, or the business in the case of a self-employed 
individual, received at least a majority of its revenue or income from 
an entity that was either damaged or destroyed in the disaster, or an 
entity closed by the federal government in immediate response to the 
disaster.

[42 FR 46712, Sept. 16, 1977, as amended at 55 FR 555, Jan. 5, 1990; 56 
FR 22806, May 16, 1991; 66 FR 56962, Nov. 13, 2001]

    Effective Date Note: At 68 FR 10937, Mar. 6, 2003, Sec. 625.5 was 
amended by revising paragraphs (c)(2) and (c)(3), effective April 7, 
2003.

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For the convenience of the user, the revised text is set forth as 
follows:

Sec. 625.5  Unemployment caused by a major disaster.

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    (c)

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    (2) The physical inaccessibility of the place of employment in the 
major disaster area due to its closure by or at the request of the 
federal, state or local government, in immediate response to the 
disaster; or
    (3) Lack of work, or loss of revenues, provided that, prior to the 
disaster, the employer, or the business in the case of a self-employed 
individual, received at least a majority of its revenue or income from 
an entity in the major disaster area that was either damaged or 
destroyed in the disaster, or an entity in the major disaster area 
closed by the federal, state or local government in immediate response 
to the disaster.