Section 27-4-101 – Semimonthly Payments Required; Method of Payment; Agricultural Operations Exempt; Payment in Case of Labor Dispute or Temporary Layoff.
27-4-101. Semimonthly payments required; method of payment; agricultural operations exempt; payment in case of labor dispute or temporary layoff. (a) Every person, firm or corporation, engaged in the operation of any railroad, mine, refinery, and work incidental to prospecting for, or the production of, oil and gas, or other factory, mill or workshop, within the […]
Section 27-4-103 – Semimonthly Payments Required; Penalty.
27-4-103. Semimonthly payments required; penalty. Every person violating any of the provisions of this act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), or by imprisonment in the county jail for a period of not more than six […]
Section 27-4-104 – Payment of Employee Quitting or Discharged and Suit for Wages; Generally.
27-4-104. Payment of employee quitting or discharged and suit for wages; generally. (a) Whenever an employee quits service or is discharged, the employee shall be paid whatever wages are due him in lawful money of the United States of America, or by check or draft which can be cashed at a bank, no later than […]
Section 27-3-805 – Modification of an Approved Short Time Compensation Plan.
27-3-805. Modification of an approved short time compensation plan. (a) An employer may request a substantial modification of an approved short time compensation plan by submitting a written request to the department. The request shall specify the proposed provisions to be modified and explain why the modification is appropriate. Subject to subsection (b) of this […]
Section 27-3-806 – Revocation of Short Time Compensation Plan Approval.
27-3-806. Revocation of short time compensation plan approval. (a) The director may revoke approval of a short time compensation plan for good cause at any time including upon the request of any of the affected unit’s employees. Good cause shall include an employer’s failure to comply with the assurances and certifications given in the employer’s […]
Section 27-3-807 – Eligibility for Short Time Compensation Benefits.
27-3-807. Eligibility for short time compensation benefits. (a) An employee shall only be eligible to receive short time compensation with respect to any week if: (i) The employee is monetarily eligible for unemployment compensation; (ii) The employee is not otherwise disqualified for unemployment compensation; (iii) During that week, the employee is employed as a member […]
Section 27-3-808 – Benefits.
27-3-808. Benefits. (a) The short time compensation weekly benefit amount available to employees under an approved plan shall be the product of the employee’s regular weekly unemployment compensation amount for a week of total unemployment multiplied by the percentage of reduction in the employee’s usual weekly hours of work. (b) An employee may be eligible […]
Section 27-3-809 – Charging Short Time Compensation Benefits.
27-3-809. Charging short time compensation benefits. Short time compensation shall be charged to employers’ experience rating accounts in the same manner as unemployment compensation is charged under this act. The department may relieve an employer of charges or not require reimbursement for short time compensation benefits if the benefits are subject to one hundred percent […]
Section 27-3-810 – Extended Benefits.
27-3-810. Extended benefits. An employee who has received all of the short time compensation or combined unemployment compensation and short time compensation available in a benefit year shall be considered an exhaustee for purposes of extended benefits as provided under W.S. 27-3-315 and if otherwise eligible under those provisions shall be eligible to receive extended […]
Section 27-3-706 – Experience Rating Manipulation; Penalties.
27-3-706. Experience rating manipulation; penalties. (a) A person who knowingly, or with deliberate ignorance or reckless disregard of the true facts or the requirements of this act, violates or attempts to violate W.S. 27-3-507 or any other provision of this act related to determining the assignment of a contribution rate, or who knowingly advises another […]