§ 71-5-521. Appeal tribunals
To hear and decide appealed claims, the board of review shall appoint one or more impartial appeal tribunals consisting in each case of either a referee, who shall be selected in accordance with Section 71-5-121, or a body consisting of three (3) members, one (1) of whom shall be a referee, who shall serve as […]
§ 71-5-523. Board of review
The Board of Review may on its own motion affirm, modify, or set aside any decision of an appeal tribunal on the basis of the evidence previously submitted in such case, or direct the taking of additional evidence, or may permit any of the parties to such decision to initiate further appeals before it. The […]
§ 71-5-507. Duration
Any otherwise eligible individual shall be entitled during any benefit year to a total amount of regular benefits equal to twenty-six (26) times his weekly benefit amount or one-third (1/3) of his total wages for insured work paid during his base period, whichever is the lesser. Provided, that for a benefit year effective prior to […]
§ 71-5-509. Seasonal workers
For the purposes of this section, cotton ginning and professional baseball only are classified as seasonal industries. The term “seasonal worker” means an individual who is employed in a seasonal industry, and who has base period wages paid on and after July 1, 1983, in such seasonal industry, except that the term shall not include […]
§ 71-5-511. Eligibility conditions
An unemployed individual shall be eligible to receive benefits with respect to any week only if the department finds that: (i) He has registered for work at and thereafter has continued to report to the department in accordance with such regulations as the department may prescribe; except that the department may, by regulation, waive or […]
§ 71-5-391. Use of administrative funds for payment of fees associated with receipt of electronic payments
The executive director of the department may use available administrative funds for payment of fees associated with receipt of electronic payments made to the department. In the event the fees are charged to an employer through a payment process external to the department, amounts not to exceed the charges for the electronic transaction may be […]
§ 71-5-451. Establishment and control
There is established as a special fund, separate and apart from all public monies or funds of this state, an Unemployment Compensation Fund, which shall be administered by the department exclusively for: All contributions collected under this chapter; Interest earned upon any monies in the fund; Any property or securities acquired through the use of […]
§ 71-5-453. Accounts and deposits
The department shall be the treasurer and custodian of the fund, and shall administer such fund in accordance with the directions of the department, and shall issue its warrants upon it in accordance with such regulations as the department shall prescribe. The department shall maintain within the fund three (3) separate accounts: (a) a clearing […]
§ 71-5-455. Withdrawals
Monies shall be requisitioned from this state’s account in the Unemployment Trust Fund solely for the payment of benefits and in accordance with regulations prescribed by the department, except that monies credited to this state’s account pursuant to Section 903 of the Social Security Act, as amended, shall be used exclusively as provided in Section […]
§ 71-5-457. Unemployment trust fund used for payment of administrative expenses
Except as otherwise provided in subsection (5), money credited to the account of this state in the Unemployment Trust Fund by the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States of America pursuant to the Social Security Act, 42 USCS Section 1103, may be requisitioned and used for the payment of expenses incurred for the […]