§ 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 […]
§ 314. Reciprocal arrangements—Interstate benefit payments
(a) The Commissioner, for and on behalf of the Virgin Islands Employment Security Agency, shall participate in reciprocal arrangements with appropriate and duly authorized agencies of any state or of the Federal Government, whereby potential rights to benefits under this chapter may constitute the basis for payment of benefits by a state or by the […]
§ 304. Conditions for receipt of benefits—Eligibility for benefits
(a) (1) An insured worker shall be eligible for and shall receive waiting-week credit or benefits, as the case may be, for any week of his unemployment with respect to which he has not been determined to be disqualified under subsection (b) of this section if such worker has, in accordance with regulations prescribed by […]
§ 305. Determinations, notices, and payment of benefits—Payment of benefits
(a) Benefits shall be paid solely through public employment offices, or such other agencies as the U.S. Secretary of Labor shall approve, in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Commissioner of Labor. Information to workers on benefit rights (b) The Commissioner of Labor shall supply to each employer, without cost to the employer, printed statements […]
§ 306. Appeals—Hearing examiners
(a) The Commissioner of Labor shall appoint one or more hearing examiners, selected in accordance with section 312(b) of this chapter, to hear and decide appeals from determinations and redeterminations; Provided, however, that no person may be selected as a hearing examiner unless he is qualified by education and experience to hear and decide appeals […]
§ 307. Coverage—Determination and redetermination of whether service performed is employment
(a) (1) On his own motion or on the application of an employing unit, the Commissioner shall, on the basis of facts found by him, determine whether the service performed for it constitutes employment. (2) Within one year after he has made a determination under paragraph (1) of this subsection, the Commissioner may, on his […]
§ 308. Contributions—Payment of contributions
(a) Contributions with respect to wages for employment shall accrue and become payable by each employer for each calendar year in which he is subject to this chapter. Such contributions shall become due and be paid by each employer to the Commissioner of Finance for the Unemployment Fund not less frequently than quarterly, in accordance […]
§ 301. Declaration of public policy; short title and rule of statutory construction
(a) As a guide to the interpretation and application of this chapter, the public policy of the Virgin Islands is declared to be as follows: Economic insecurity due to unemployment is a threat to the health, morals, and welfare of the people of the Virgin Islands, and protection against this hazard requires appropriate action by […]