(820 ILCS 405/208.1) (from Ch. 48, par. 318.1)
Sec. 208.1.
A.
The term "employment" shall include the service of an individual
who is a citizen of the United States, performed outside the United
States after December 31,
1971, (except in Canada, and in the case of the Virgin Islands after December
31, 1971, and prior to January 1 of the year following the year in which
the United States Secretary of Labor approves the unemployment compensation
law of the Virgin Islands under Section 3304(a) of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1954), in the employ of an American employer (other than service which is
defined as "employment" under the provisions of Sections 207 and 208 or
the parallel provisions of the unemployment compensation law of another
State), if:
1. The employer's principal place of business in the United States
is located in this State; or
2. The employer has no place of business in the United States, but
(a) the employer is an individual who is a resident of this State; or
(b) the employer is a corporation which is organized under the laws of
this State; or (c) the employer is a partnership or a trust and the
number of partners or trustees who are residents of this State is
greater than the number who are residents of any one other State; or
3. None of the criteria of paragraphs 1 and 2 is met but the
employer has elected coverage under this Act pursuant to Section 302 or,
the employer having failed to elect coverage under the unemployment
compensation law of any State, the individual has made a claim for
benefits under this Act, based on wages for such service.
B. When used in this Section:
"American employer" means (1) an individual who is a resident of the
United States; or (2) a partnership if two-thirds or more of the
partners are residents of the United States; or (3) a trust, if all of
the trustees are residents of the United States; or (4) a corporation
organized under the laws of the United States or of any State.
"United States" includes the States of the United States of America,
the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands.
(Source: P.A. 80-2dSS-1.)
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