§ 11-10-543. Extended benefits — Failure to accept or seek suitable work — Definition
(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of § 11-10-535, an individual shall be ineligible for payment of extended benefits for any week of unemployment in his or her eligibility period if the Director of the Division of Workforce Services finds that during that period: (1) He or she failed to accept any offer of suitable work or […]
§ 11-10-544. Reciprocal arrangements with state and federal agencies
(a) The Director of the Division of Workforce Services is authorized to enter into reciprocal arrangements with appropriate and duly authorized agencies of other states or of the federal government, or both, whereby: (1) Services performed by an individual for a single employing unit for which services are customarily performed in more than one (1) […]
§ 11-10-531. Claims — Payment of benefits
(a) Benefits shall be paid promptly in accordance with an initial determination or redetermination that the benefits are due or in accordance with a subsequent decision by any appellate tribunal, board, or court that the benefits are due. (b) The pendency of an appeal shall not of itself suspend or stay the payment of benefits […]
§ 11-10-532. Claims — Recovery
(a) (1) If the Director of the Division of Workforce Services finds that a person knowingly has made a false statement or misrepresentation of a material fact or knowingly has failed to disclose a material fact and as a result of either action has received benefits under this chapter to which he or she was […]
§ 11-10-533. Claims — Investigation of claims filed by state employees
(a) The Division of Workforce Services shall investigate all claims for benefits filed by state employees whether or not the employing state agency lodges a protest to the payment of the benefits. (b) The investigation shall result in a determination of the eligibility of the employee for payment of benefits.
§ 11-10-534. Extended benefits — Definitions
As used in this section and §§ 11-10-535 — 11-10-543, unless the context clearly requires otherwise: (1) “Additional benefits” means benefits payable to exhaustees by reason of conditions of high unemployment or by reason of other special factors under the provisions of any state law; (2) “Eligibility period” of an individual means the period consisting […]
§ 11-10-535. Extended benefits — Effect of provisions relating to regular benefits
Except when the result would be inconsistent with the other provisions of this section, as provided in the rules of the Director of the Division of Workforce Services, the provisions of this chapter which apply to claims for, or the payment of, regular benefits shall apply to claims for, and the payment of, extended benefits.
§ 11-10-536. Extended benefits — Eligibility
An individual shall be eligible to receive extended benefits with respect to any week of unemployment in his or her eligibility period only if the Director of the Division of Workforce Services finds that with respect to that week: (1) He or she is an exhaustee as defined in § 11-10-534(3); (2) He or she […]
§ 11-10-537. Extended benefits — Weekly amount
The weekly extended benefit amount payable to an individual for a week of total unemployment in his or her eligibility period shall be an amount equal to the weekly benefit amount payable to him or her during his or her applicable benefit year.
§ 11-10-538. Extended benefits — Total amount
(a) The total extended benefit amount payable to any eligible individual with respect to his or her applicable benefit year shall be the least of the following amounts: (1) Fifty percent (50%) of the total amount of regular benefits which are payable to him or her under this chapter in his or her applicable benefit […]