Disputed Claims for State System Benefits. (a) With respect to any week for which an Employee has applied for a Benefit and for which he:
(1) has been denied a State System Benefit, and the denial is being protested by the Employee through the procedure provided therefore under the State System, or
(2) has received a State System Benefit, payment of which is being protested by the Company through the procedure provided therefore under the State System and such protest has not, upon appeal, been held by the Board to be frivolous, and the Employee is eligible to receive a Benefit under the Plan except for such denial or protest, the payment of such Benefit shall be suspended until such dispute shall have been determined.
(b) If the dispute shall be finally determined in favor of the Employee, the Benefit shall be paid to him.