(a) This chapter shall be liberally construed to accomplish its purposes to promote employment security by increasing opportunities for placement through the maintenance of a system of public employment offices and to provide through the accumulation of reserves for the payment of compensation to individuals with respect to their unemployment. (b) The legislature declares its […]
As a guide to the interpretation and application of this chapter, the public policy of the state is declared to be as follows: Economic insecurity due to involuntary unemployment is a serious menace to the health, morals, and welfare of the people of the state. Involuntary unemployment is, therefore, a subject of general interest and […]
If possible, there shall be provided in the fund a reserve against the liability in future years to pay benefits. Whenever the department believes that a change in contribution or benefit rates is necessary to protect the solvency of the fund, it shall promptly inform the governor and the legislature, and make recommendations with respect […]
In accordance with AS 37.07 (Executive Budget Act), the legislature may appropriate money to the fund.
On December 1, 1975, the commissioner shall submit to the governor an actuarial study of the unemployment tax and benefit structures established under this chapter. Thereafter, an actuarial study of the structures shall be submitted to the governor on December 1 of every second year.
For Alaska Human Resource Investment Council, see AS 23.15.550 et seq.
(a) Subject to AS 23.20.035, the department shall appoint a director. The director shall administer this chapter under the authority which the department delegates. The department may not delegate the power to adopt, amend, or rescind regulations. (b) The department shall prescribe the divisions, subdivisions, and units of the organization to be directed by the […]
(a) The director, in accordance with AS 23.20.020 and 23.20.030, shall employ persons, including a deputy director, make expenditures, require reports, make investigations, and take other action that the director considers necessary to carry out the authority of the office. (b) The director may delegate powers and duties to a deputy director or to a […]
A person may not be appointed director unless the person is a citizen of the United States and qualified by training and experience to perform the duties of the office.
The department may adopt regulations under AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act) necessary to administer this chapter.
The department shall have printed for distribution to the public the text of this chapter, the department’s regulations, the annual reports of the commissioner to the governor, and any other material the department considers relevant and suitable. The department shall furnish copies of these to any person upon application.
(a) The department may make summaries, compilations, photographs, duplications, or reproductions of records, reports, or transcripts of them which it considers advisable for the effective and economical preservation of the information contained in them. (b) The summaries, compilations, photographs, duplications, or reproductions, duly authenticated, are admissible in a proceeding under this chapter, including a court […]
In administering this chapter, the department may administer oaths and affirmations, take depositions, certify to official acts, and issue subpoenas to compel the attendance of witnesses and production of books, papers, correspondence, memoranda, and other records considered necessary as evidence in connection with a disputed claim or the administration of this chapter.
In case of contumacy, or refusal to obey a subpoena issued to any person, the superior court may, upon application by the department, issue an order requiring the person to appear before the department to produce evidence if ordered, or to give testimony touching the matter under investigation or in question. Failure to obey the […]
A person may not be excused from attending and testifying or from producing books, papers, correspondence, memoranda, and other records before the department, or in obedience to a subpoena of the department in a cause or proceeding before the department, or an appeal tribunal, on the ground that the testimony or evidence required of the […]
(a) The department may acquire in the name of the state by term purchase agreements based on competitive bids in accordance with AS 36.30 (State Procurement Code) land and buildings upon terms and conditions that are approved by the Bureau of Employment Security of the United States, or its successor, for the purpose of providing […]
(a) The Department of Labor and Workforce Development shall pursue application with appropriate agencies to qualify this state as a pilot state for demonstration programs related to helping unemployed Alaskans regain employment, if administrative money is available to operate the project. (b) The Department of Labor and Workforce Development may waive provisions of this chapter […]
(a) In the administration of this chapter, the department shall cooperate, to the extent consistent with this chapter, with the Secretary of Labor, and shall take action through the adoption of regulations, administration methods, and standards that is necessary to obtain for this state and its citizens all advantages available under 26 U.S.C. 3303 and […]
(a) The department shall enter into reciprocal arrangements with appropriate and duly authorized agencies of other states or of the federal government, or both, so that potential rights to benefits under this chapter may constitute the basis for payment of claims by another state or by the federal government and potential rights to benefits accumulated […]
(a) The commissioner may enter into reciprocal arrangements with appropriate and authorized agencies of other states or of the federal government, or both, whereby, notwithstanding AS 23.20.395, (1) service performed by an individual for a single employing unit for which service is customarily performed by the individual in more than one state is considered service […]
