§ 317. Separability of provisions
If any provision of this chapter, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, the remainder of this chapter, and the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances, shall not be affected thereby.
§ 318. Effective date
This chapter shall take effect on October 1, 1961.
§ 319. Appropriation of funds
The sum of $10,000 is hereby appropriated from any available funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the launching of the program provided in this chapter. This sum shall be placed at the disposal of the Director of the Employment Service as of October 1, 1961.
§ 320. Amnesty period
Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the Department of Labor, through the Commissioner of Labor, shall institute a 120-day amnesty period for the payment of penalty and interest owed pursuant to title 24, section 313(b)(2), Virgin Islands Code, and title 24, section 309(a), Virgin Islands Code. The amnesty period shall take effect sixty (60) […]
§ 309. Collection of delinquent and contested contributions—Interest on past-due contributions
(a) If contributions or payments in lieu of contributions are not paid on the date on which they are due and payable as prescribed by the Commissioner of Labor, the whole or part thereafter remaining unpaid shall bear interest at a rate of 9% per annum from such due date until payment is received by […]
§ 310. Unemployment Insurance Fund—Establishment and control
(a) There is hereby established in the Treasury of the Virgin Islands as a special fund, separate and apart from all public money or funds of the Virgin Islands, an Unemployment Fund, which shall be administered by the Commissioner of Labor exclusively for the purposes of this chapter. This fund shall consist of: (1) all […]
§ 311. Unemployment Insurance Administration Fund
(a) There is hereby established, in the Treasury of the Virgin Islands, a special fund to be known as the Employment Security Administration Fund, effective on the day after the date the Secretary of Labor of the United States approves the Virgin Islands Unemployment Insurance Act under section 3304(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of […]
§ 311a. Penalty and Interest Fund
(a) There is hereby established in the Treasury of the Virgin Islands a special fund, separate and apart from all public money or funds of the Virgin Islands, to be known as the Penalty and Interest Fund. This fund shall consist of all interest and penalties collected under the provisions of this chapter after the […]
§ 312. Administration—Unemployment Insurance Service
(a) The Unemployment Insurance Service, designated as a division of the Virgin Islands Employment Security Agency by section 153 of this title, shall be administered in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. [Additional duties and powers of the Commissioner of Labor] (b) In addition to the duties prescribed in section 153 of this title, […]
§ 313. Penalties—Misrepresentation to obtain benefits
(a) (1) An insured worker shall be disqualified for waiting-week credit or benefits for any week of his unemployment if within the 24 calendar months immediately preceding such week he has, with intent to defraud by obtaining any benefits not due under this chapter, made a false statement or misrepresentation of a material fact, knowing […]