Sec. 23.20.530. Wages defined.
(a) In this chapter, “wages” means all remuneration for service from whatever source, including insured work, noninsured work, or self-employment; commissions, bonuses, back pay, and the cash value of all remuneration in a medium other than cash shall be treated as wages; gratuities customarily received by an individual in the course of service from persons […]
Sec. 23.20.535. Short title.
This chapter may be cited as the Alaska Employment Security Act.
Sec. 23.20.480. Termination.
(a) If the Federal Unemployment Tax Act is amended or repealed by Congress, or is held unconstitutional by the United States Supreme Court, with the result that no portion of the contributions required under this chapter may be credited against the tax imposed by the federal Act, the Department of Labor and Workforce Development shall […]
Sec. 23.20.485. False statement to secure benefits.
A person who makes a false statement or misrepresentation knowing it is false or who knowingly fails to disclose a material fact, with intent to obtain or increase a benefit or other payment under this chapter or under an employment security law of another state, of the federal government, or of a foreign government, either […]
Sec. 23.20.486. Participation in the federal offset program.
In addition to any remedies authorized by this chapter, the department may offset any covered unemployment compensation debt against a claimant’s federal income tax refund in accordance with 26 U.S.C. 6402.
Sec. 23.20.490. Acts of employer prohibited.
(a) An employing unit or an officer or agent of an employing unit may not (1) make a false statement or representation knowing it is false; (2) knowingly fail to disclose a material fact to prevent or reduce the payment of benefits to an individual entitled to them, or to avoid or reduce a contribution […]
Sec. 23.20.495. Noncompliance with subpoena of agency.
A person who, without just cause, fails or refuses to attend and testify or to answer a lawful inquiry or to produce books, papers, correspondence, memoranda, and other records, if it is in the person’s power to do so, in obedience to a subpoena of the department, an appeal tribunal, or an authorized representative of […]
Sec. 23.20.497. Binding effect of department decisions.
(a) A finding of fact or law, judgment, conclusion, or final order made with respect to a claim for unemployment compensation under this chapter is not conclusive or binding in any separate or subsequent action or proceeding in another forum concerning proceedings not under this chapter, regardless of whether the prior action was between the […]
Sec. 23.20.500. Violation of statute or regulations.
A person who wilfully violates a provision of this chapter or an order or regulation under it, the violation of which is made unlawful or the observance of which is required under this chapter, and for which a penalty is not prescribed in this chapter or provided by another applicable statute, upon conviction, is punishable […]
Sec. 23.20.505. Unemployed defined.
(a) An individual is considered “unemployed” in a week during which the individual performs no services and for which no wages are payable to the individual, or in a week of less than full-time work if the wages payable to the individual for the week are less than one and one-third times the individual’s weekly […]