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With respect to claims with an effective date prior to July 1, 2012, "dislocated worker" means any individual who:
Has been terminated or received a notice of termination from employment;
Is eligible for or has exhausted entitlement to unemployment compensation benefits; and
Is unlikely to return to employment in the individual's principal occupation or previous industry because of a diminishing demand for their skills in that occupation or industry.
With respect to claims with an effective date on or after July 1, 2012, "dislocated worker" means any individual who:
Has been involuntarily and indefinitely separated from employment as a result of a permanent reduction of operations at the individual's place of employment, has separated from a declining occupation, has separated from employment as a result of chapter 179, Laws of 2018, or has separated from employment as a result of the denial of commercial finfish net pen aquaculture lease renewal applications or the issuance of order number 202211 by the commissioner of public lands on November 17, 2022; and
Is eligible for or has exhausted entitlement to unemployment compensation benefits.