23-771. Eligibility for benefits A. An unemployed individual is eligible to receive benefits with respect to any week only if the department finds that the individual: 1. Has registered for work at and thereafter has continued to report at an employment office in accordance with the regulations prescribed by the department. 2. Has made a […]
23-771.01. Approved training; definitions A. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, no otherwise eligible individual shall be denied benefits for any week: 1. Because he is in training approved by the secretary of labor under section 236 of the trade act of 1974, as amended, or because of leaving work which is not suitable […]
23-771.02. Training program A. The department shall establish a training program to provide a structured, supervised training opportunity to individuals through employers that volunteer to participate in the program. The training program may be a department-approved or a United States department of labor-approved apprenticeship program. The program may offer compensated and noncompensated training opportunities to […]
23-772. Claims for benefits; initial claim filing notice to employer; contents of notice; continued claim notice to employer; posting printed statements dealing with claims A. Claims for benefits shall be made in accordance with such regulations as the department prescribes. The department shall require an individual claiming benefits to provide information and documents on which […]
23-773. Examination and determination of claims A. A representative designated by the department as a deputy shall promptly examine any claim for benefits and, on the basis of the facts found by the deputy, shall determine whether or not the claim is valid. If the claim is valid, the deputy shall also determine the week […]
23-774. Documentation of benefit eligibility A. The department shall require an individual who files a claim for benefits to provide documentation or information sufficient for the department to determine the individual’s eligibility for benefits. If an individual who files a claim for benefits has the ability to produce documents or information and fails to produce […]
23-775. Disqualification from benefits An individual shall be disqualified for benefits: 1. For the week in which the individual has left work voluntarily without good cause in connection with the employment, and in addition to the waiting week, for the duration of the individual’s unemployment and until the individual has earned wages in an amount […]
23-776. Disqualification from benefits for failure to accept suitable work or actively seek work; exceptions A. An individual shall be disqualified for benefits if the department finds the individual has failed without cause either to apply for available, suitable work, when so directed by the employment office or the department, to actively engage in seeking […]
23-777. Disqualification from benefits for unemployment resulting from labor dispute; exceptions; effect on contribution rate A. An individual shall be disqualified for benefits for any week with respect to which the commission finds that his total or partial unemployment is due to a labor dispute, strike or lockout which exists at the factory, establishment or […]
23-778. Disqualification from benefits for fraud Any person who, within the twenty-four calendar months immediately preceding a week in which he files a valid claim for benefits, has made a false statement or representation of a material fact knowing it to be false, or knowingly failed to disclose a material fact with intent to obtain […]
23-779. Amount of benefits A. The weekly benefit amount of an individual shall be an amount equal to 1/25 of the person’s total wages for insured work paid during that quarter of the person’s base period in which such total wages were highest, but if: 1. From and after June 30, 2004 and before July […]
23-780. Duration and amount of benefits; definition A. An otherwise eligible individual is entitled during a benefit year to a total amount of benefits equal to: 1. Twenty-six times the individual’s weekly benefit amount if the unemployment rate in the prior calendar quarter is five percent or more. 2. Twenty-four times the individual’s weekly benefit […]
23-781. Denial of benefits to certain athletes and aliens A. Benefits based on services, substantially all of which consist of participating in sports or athletic events or training or preparing to so participate, shall not be paid to an individual for any week of unemployment which begins during the period between two successive sport seasons, […]
23-782. Payment of benefits All benefits provided by this chapter shall be payable from the unemployment compensation fund. All benefits shall be paid through offices of the department of economic security.
23-783. Assignment or pledge of benefits void; exemption from attachment or execution; waiver of exemption void A. No assignment, pledge or encumbrance of the right to benefits which are or may become due or payable under this chapter shall be valid, and the rights to benefits shall be exempt from levy, execution, attachment or any […]
23-784. Agreement for waiver of rights void No agreement by an individual to waive, release or commute his rights to benefits or any other rights under this chapter shall be valid, except an agreement to satisfy child support obligations which is being enforced by the department pursuant to a plan under the child support enforcement […]
23-785. False statement, misrepresentation or nondisclosure of material fact to obtain benefits; classification Any person who knowingly makes a false statement or representation believing it to be false or who knowingly fails to disclose a material fact in order to obtain or increase a benefit or other payment under this chapter either for himself or […]
23-786. False statement, misrepresentation or nondisclosure of material fact to defraud claimant; classification Any employing unit or any officer or agent of an employing unit or any other person who knowingly makes a false statement or representation believing it to be false, or who knowingly fails to disclose a material fact, in order to defraud […]
23-787. Repayment of and deductions for benefits obtained by claimants not entitled to benefits; collection; interest A. A person who receives any amount as benefits under this chapter to which the person is not entitled is liable to repay the overpaid amount to the department. The department may deduct all or a portion of the […]
23-788. Recovery of trade act overpayments The department shall recover any overpayment made to an individual under the trade act of 1974, as amended, by deduction of the overpayment amount from any benefits payable to such individual under this chapter if required to do so by the secretary of labor, except that no single deduction […]
