§21A-1A-24. Separated From Employment
"Separated from employment" means, for the purposes of this chapter, the total severance, whether by quitting, discharge or otherwise, of the employer-employee relationship.
§21A-1A-25. State
"State" includes, in addition to the states of the United States, Puerto Rico, District of Columbia and the Virgin Islands.
§21A-1A-26. Successor Employer
"Successor employer" means an employer that acquires, by sale or otherwise, the entire organization, trade or business, or substantially all the assets thereof of another employer.
§21A-1A-27. Total and Partial Unemployment
"Total and partial unemployment" means: (1) An individual is totally unemployed in any week in which such individual is separated from employment for an employing unit and during which he or she performs no services and with respect to which no wages are payable to him or her.
§21A-1A-28. Wages; Average Annual Wage; Threshold Wage
(a) "Wages" means all remuneration for personal service, including commissions, gratuities customarily received by an individual in the course of employment from persons other than the employing unit, as long as such gratuities equal or exceed an amount of not less than $20 each month and which are required to be reported to the employer […]
§21A-1A-29. Week
"Week" means a calendar week, ending at midnight Saturday, or the equivalent thereof, as determined in accordance with the rules prescribed by the commissioner.
§21A-1A-30. Weekly Benefit Rate
"Weekly benefit rate" means the maximum amount of benefit an eligible individual will receive for one week of total unemployment.
§21A-1A-31. Year
"Year" means a calendar year or the equivalent thereof, as determined by the commissioner.
§21A-1A-18. Employment Office
"Employment office" means a free employment office or branch thereof, operated by this state, or any free public employment office maintained as a part of a state controlled system of public employment offices in any other state.
§21A-1A-19. Fund
"Fund" means the unemployment compensation fund established by this chapter.