§ 71-5-127. Records and reports; confidentiality of information
Any information or records concerning an individual or employing unit obtained by the department pursuant to the administration of this chapter or any other federally funded programs for which the department has responsibility shall be private and confidential, except as otherwise provided in this article or by regulation. Information or records may be released by […]
§ 71-5-129. Destruction of useless records
Records hereinafter designated, which are found by the department to be useless, may be disposed of in accordance with approved records control schedules. Records which have been preserved by it for not less than three (3) years: Initial claims for benefits, Continued claims for benefits, Correspondence and master index cards in connection with such claims […]
§ 71-5-131. Privileged communications
All letters, reports, communications, or any other matters, either oral or written, from the employer or employee to each other or to the department or any of its agents, representatives or employees, which shall have been written, sent, delivered or made in connection with the requirements and administration of this chapter shall be absolutely privileged […]
§ 71-5-133. Failure to produce records
In any case where an employing unit or any officer, member or agent thereof, or any other person having possession of the records thereof, shall fail or refuse upon demand by the department or its duly appointed agents to produce or permit the examination or copying of any book, paper, account, record or other data […]
§ 71-5-135. Failure to make reports
If any employing unit fails to make any report required by this chapter, the department or its authorized agents shall give notice to such employing unit to make and file such report within fifteen (15) days from the date of such notice. If such employing unit, by its proper members, officers or agents, shall fail […]
§ 71-5-137. Oaths and witnesses
In the discharge of the duties imposed by this chapter, the department, any referee, the members of the Board of Review, and any duly authorized representative of any of them shall have power to administer oaths and affirmations, to take depositions, certify to official acts, and issue subpoenas to compel the attendance of witnesses and […]
§ 71-5-139. Subpoenas
In case of contumacy or refusal to obey a subpoena issued to any person, any court in this state within the jurisdiction of which the inquiry is carried on, or within the jurisdiction of which the person guilty of contumacy or refusal to obey is found or resides or transacts business, upon application by the […]
§ 71-5-141. Protection against self-incrimination
No person shall be excused from attending and testifying or from producing books, papers, correspondence, memoranda and other records before the department, the Board of Review, any referee, or any duly authorized representative of any of them, or in obedience to the subpoena of any of them in any cause or proceeding before the department, […]
§ 71-5-114. Special employment security administration fund
There is created in the State Treasury a special fund, to be known as the “Special Employment Security Administration Fund,” into which shall be deposited or transferred all interest, penalties and damages collected on and after July 1, 1982, pursuant to Sections 71-5-363 through 71-5-379 and all interest and penalties required to be deposited into […]
§ 71-5-143. State-federal cooperation
In the administration of this chapter, the department shall cooperate, to the fullest extent consistent with the provisions of this chapter, with the Social Security Board created by the Social Security Act, approved August 14, 1935, as amended; shall make such reports in such form and containing such information as the Social Security Board may […]