Section 27-3-308 – Services Excluded for Eligibility.
27-3-308. Services excluded for eligibility. (a) An individual is not eligible for benefits based on service: (i) In an instructional, research or principal administrative capacity for an educational institution for any week of unemployment beginning between two (2) successive academic years, two (2) regular terms whether or not successive or during a paid sabbatical leave […]
Section 27-3-309 – Eligibility of Aliens; Standard of Proof Required.
27-3-309. Eligibility of aliens; standard of proof required. (a) Benefits shall not be payable on the basis of services performed by an alien unless the alien was lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United States at the time the services were performed, was lawfully present for purposes of performing the services, or was permanently […]
Section 27-3-310 – Eligibility After Receiving Worker’s Compensation.
27-3-310. Eligibility after receiving worker’s compensation. Notwithstanding requirements for the base period and other compensation factors provided under this act, an individual receiving compensation under the Wyoming Worker’s Compensation Act for a continuous period of sickness or injury resulting in temporary total disability and otherwise eligible for benefits under this article may preserve unused wage […]
Section 27-3-311 – Disqualifications From Entitlement; Grounds; Forfeiture.
27-3-311. Disqualifications from entitlement; grounds; forfeiture. (a) An individual shall be disqualified from benefit entitlement beginning with the effective date of an otherwise valid claim or the week during which the failure occurred, until he has been employed in an employee-employer relationship and has earned at least eight (8) times the weekly benefit amount of […]
Section 27-3-303 – Weekly Amount; Computation; Payment.
27-3-303. Weekly amount; computation; payment. (a) Subject to subsection (d) of this section, the weekly benefit amount for an eligible individual is four percent (4%) of his total wages payable for insured work in that quarter of his base period in which his wages were highest computed to the next lower multiple of one dollar […]
Section 27-3-304 – Maximum Payment.
27-3-304. Maximum payment. Except as provided by W.S. 27-3-316, the maximum amount of benefits payable to any eligible individual in a benefit year shall not exceed twenty-six (26) times his weekly benefit or thirty percent (30%) of his wages payable for insured work in his base period, whichever is less. This amount shall be computed […]
Section 27-3-305 – Disclosure of Child Support Obligations Required; Notification; Amount Withheld; Payment; Applicability of Provisions.
27-3-305. Disclosure of child support obligations required; notification; amount withheld; payment; applicability of provisions. (a) An individual filing a new claim for benefits payable under this act shall disclose if he owes child support obligations enforced pursuant to a plan described in 42 U.S.C. § 654 and approved under 42 U.S.C. § 651 et seq. […]
Section 27-3-306 – Eligibility Requirements; Waiver or Amendment Authorized; Unemployed Waiting Period; Registration and Referral for Suitable Work.
27-3-306. Eligibility requirements; waiver or amendment authorized; unemployed waiting period; registration and referral for suitable work. (a) An unemployed individual is eligible for benefits under this article for any week if he: (i) Registers for work with the department of workforce services and actively seeks work in accordance with regulations of the commission, unless he […]
Section 27-3-307 – Eligibility When Enrolled in Approved Training Program; Standards for Training Program Approval.
27-3-307. Eligibility when enrolled in approved training program; standards for training program approval. (a) Notwithstanding W.S. 27-3-306(a)(i) and (iii) or 27-3-311(a)(ii) and (iii) or any federal law relating to availability for, active search for, failure to apply for or refusal to accept suitable work, an otherwise eligible individual is eligible for benefits for any week […]
Section 27-3-301 – Definitions.
27-3-301. Definitions. (a) As used in this article: (i) “Additional benefits” means benefits payable under state law to exhaustees due to high unemployment conditions or other special factors and totally financed by any state; (ii) “Applicable benefit year” means an individual’s most recent benefit year or an individual’s current benefit year if at the time […]