Key legal question
Whether the insured person met the contribution-period requirement for unemployment benefits by combining contribution periods with exemption periods
Extracted holding
No. Contribution periods under Art. 13 LACI and exemption periods under Art. 14 LACI cannot be cumulated; the exemption period was under 12 months and could not replace the missing contribution period.
Extracted reasoning
Art. 14 LACI is subsidiary to Art. 13 LACI. The statutory scheme allows benefits only if the contribution requirement is met or, exceptionally, if the insured is exempted because the impediment lasted more than 12 months in total. Missing contribution time cannot be filled with exemption time, and vice versa.