§ 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 […]
§ 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.
§ 50-7-211. “Unemployed” Defined
An individual shall be deemed “unemployed” in any week during which the individual performs no services and with respect to which no wages are payable to the individual, or in any week of less than full-time work if the wages payable to the individual with respect to the week are less than the individual’s weekly […]