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| basic concepts |
qualifying period |
extension |
illness |
Summary:
The claimant was short 60 hours to qualify for maternity benefits because she had reduced her work schedule to the equivalent of 2 weeks per month due to pregnancy related illness. The burden of proof was on the claimant to prove that throughout some weeks in her qualifying period she was incapable of work because of illness or pregnancy. Certainly one is not pregnant only in alternate weeks and it stretches the imagination to accept that illness associated with one's pregnancy alternates from work week to work week.
