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§ 50-7-213. “Wages” Defined

“Wages” means all remuneration paid for personal services from whatever source, including commissions, bonuses, tips that are both paid to an employee while performing services that constitute employment and included in a written statement furnished by the employee to the employer pursuant to § 6053(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, compiled in 26 […]

§ 50-7-214. “Week” Defined

“Week” means the period of seven (7) consecutive days that the commissioner prescribes by regulation. The commissioner may by regulation prescribe that a week shall be deemed to be “in,” “within” or “during” that benefit year that includes the greater part of the week.

§ 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 […]

§ 50-7-207. “Employment” and Related Definitions

Definition of “Employment.”  For purposes of this chapter and subject to the special rules contained in subsection (e), and the definitions contained in subsection (f), “employment” means service that meets all of the following conditions: It is within any category of “included service” as listed in subsection (b); It is not within any category of […]

§ 50-7-208. “Employment Office” Defined

“Employment office” means a free public employment office, or branch of a free public employment office, operated by the United States or by any state of the United States or by a state, province or similar political subdivision of a foreign government.

§ 50-7-209. “Fund” Defined

“Fund” means the unemployment compensation fund established by this chapter, to which all premiums required, and from which all benefits provided under this chapter, shall be paid.

§ 50-7-210. “State” and “United States” Defined

For the purposes of this chapter: “State” includes the states of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands; and “United States,” when used in a geographical sense, includes the states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.

§ 50-7-105. Repeal or Suspension of Chapter Upon Invalidity of Federal Statute

Notwithstanding anything contained in this chapter to the contrary, if the Unemployment Compensation Amendments of 1976, as codified in 5 U.S.C. §§ 8501, 8503-8506, 8521, 8522; 26 U.S.C. §§ 3301, 3303, 3304, 3306, 3309, 6157; 29 U.S.C. §§ 49b, 49d; and 42 U.S.C. §§ 603(a), 607, 1101, 1301, 1321, 1382, 1382(a), 1382(d), 1382(e), are adjudged […]