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  "heading": "Wages earned but unpaid as basis for benefits payable",
  "text": "For the purposes of this Part, the administrator shall, in determining benefit rights of a claimant, treat wages earned as wages paid:\n\n(1) In those cases where the employer has failed to make payment thereof in accordance with his contract, regular practice, or custom; or\n\n(2) In those cases where the employee would have been eligible to receive benefits had wages been paid when earned.",
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