§ 50-7-302. Benefit Eligibility Conditions
Personal Eligibility Conditions. An unemployed claimant shall be eligible to receive benefits with respect to any week only if the administrator finds that all of the following conditions are met: The claimant has made a claim for benefits with respect to the week in accordance with rules or regulations the commissioner prescribes; The claimant has […]
§ 50-7-303. Disqualification for Benefits
Disqualifying Events. A claimant shall be disqualified for benefits: If the administrator finds that the claimant has left the claimant’s most recent work voluntarily without good cause connected with the claimant’s work. Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (a)(1)(A)(ii)(b ), the disqualification shall be for the duration of the ensuing period of unemployment and until […]
§ 50-7-304. Procedure for Claims and Appeals
Filing. Claims for benefits shall be made in accordance with regulations the commissioner prescribes. Each employer shall post and maintain, in places readily accessible to individuals performing services for the employer, printed statements concerning benefit rights, claims for benefits and other matters relating to the administration of this chapter that the commissioner prescribes by regulation. […]
§ 50-7-305. Extended Benefits Program
As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires: “Eligibility period” of a claimant means the period consisting of the weeks in the claimant’s benefit year that begin in an extended benefit period and, if the claimant’s benefit year ends within the extended benefit period, any weeks thereafter that begin in that period; “Exhaustee” […]
§ 50-7-306. Seasonal Employment
As used in this section: “Active seasonal period” means the regularly recurring period of twenty-six (26) consecutive weeks or less within a calendar year as approved by the department in which a seasonal employer customarily carries on all work operations; “Inactive seasonal period” means the period within a calendar year in which there is a […]
§ 50-7-216. “Weekly Benefit Amount” Defined
An individual’s “weekly benefit amount” means the amount of benefits the individual would be entitled to receive for one (1) week of total unemployment.
§ 50-7-217. “Benefit Year” Defined
“Benefit year” with respect to any individual means the fifty-two (52) consecutive week period beginning with the first day of the first week with respect to which the individual first files a valid claim for benefits, and thereafter the fifty-two (52) consecutive week period beginning with the first day of the first week with respect […]
§ 50-7-218. “Base Period” Defined
“Base period” means the first four (4) of the last five (5) completed calendar quarters immediately preceding the first day of an individual’s benefit year; provided, that if the first quarter of the last five (5) completed calendar quarters was included in the base period applicable to any individual’s previous benefit year, the individual’s base […]
§ 50-7-219. “Insured Work” Defined
“Insured work” means employment covered by this chapter.
§ 50-7-206. “Employing Unit” Defined — Common Paymaster
“Employing unit” means any individual or type of organization, including any partnership, association, trust, estate, joint stock company, insurance company, limited liability company or corporation, whether domestic or foreign, or the receiver, trustee in bankruptcy, trustee or successor of the individual or organization, or the legal representative of a deceased person, that has or subsequent […]