Sec. 23.20.330. Claims.

Claims for benefits and notices of unemployment shall be made in accordance with the regulations that the department adopts.

Sec. 23.20.335. Notice to employees.

An employer shall post and maintain in places readily accessible to individuals in the service of the employer printed statements concerning the regulations or other matters which the department prescribes by regulation. An employer shall supply individuals in the service of the employer with copies of the printed statements or materials relating to claims for […]

Sec. 23.20.340. Determination of claims.

(a) An examiner designated by the department shall take the claim. The examiner shall take all evidence pertaining to the eligibility of the claimant and shall promptly transmit all evidence to the department. The department, or a representative designated by it for the purpose, shall, on the basis of the evidence submitted and any additional […]

Sec. 23.20.345. Payment of benefits.

Benefits are payable from the fund. All benefits shall be paid through employment offices in accordance with regulations adopted by the department.

Sec. 23.20.350. Amount of benefits.

(a) An individual who is paid at least $2,500 in wages during the individual’s base period for employment covered by this chapter is eligible to receive benefits under this chapter if those wages were paid in at least two of the calendar quarters of the individual’s base period. (b) [Repealed, § 33 ch 115 SLA […]

Sec. 23.20.353. Supplemental state benefits.

(a) An individual is eligible to receive supplemental state benefits for a week in which (1) the individual is an “exhaustee” as defined in AS 23.20.409; (2) the individual has otherwise satisfied the requirements of this chapter for the receipt of regular benefits; and (3) the individual is ineligible for extended benefits solely because of […]

Sec. 23.20.354. State interim benefits.

(a) There is established a state interim benefits program. State interim benefits are payable only to the extent that money is appropriated from the general fund for that purpose. (b) An individual who has otherwise satisfied the requirements of this chapter for the receipt of regular benefits is eligible for state interim benefits if (1) […]

Sec. 23.20.360. Earnings deducted from weekly benefit amount.

The amount of benefits, excluding the allowance for dependents, payable to an insured worker for a week of unemployment shall be reduced by 75 percent of the wages payable to the insured worker for that week that are in excess of $50. However, the amount of benefits may not be reduced below zero. If the […]

Sec. 23.20.362. Disqualifying or deductible income.

(a) The amount of benefits payable to an insured worker for a week of unemployment which begins in a period for which the insured worker receives a pension, retirement or retired pay, annuity, or similar periodic payment that is based on the previous work of the insured worker shall be reduced by the amount of […]

Sec. 23.20.365. Limited liability of state.

Benefits are considered due and payable under this chapter only to the extent provided in this chapter and to the extent that money is available for them to the credit of the unemployment fund, and the liability of the state is limited accordingly.

Sec. 23.20.370. Benefits of decedent or incompetent.

Benefits due and payable to a deceased or judicially declared incompetent person shall be paid, in accordance with regulations adopted by the department, to persons in the following order: spouse, child, parent, sister or brother, aunt or uncle, payment to whom the department finds will best carry out the purposes of this chapter. The regulations […]

Sec. 23.20.375. Filing requirements.

(a) An insured worker is entitled to receive waiting-week credit or benefits for a week of unemployment for which the insured worker has not been disqualified under AS 23.20.360, 23.20.362, 23.20.378 – 23.20.387, or 23.20.505 if, in accordance with regulations adopted by the department, the insured worker has (1) made an initial claim for benefits; […]

Sec. 23.20.376. Base period extension and limitation.

(a) If the department finds that during the individual’s base period an individual has been incapable of work during the greater part of the individual’s working time in a calendar quarter, the base period shall be extended a calendar quarter subject to the limitation set out in (b) of this section. The extension of an […]

Sec. 23.20.378. Able to work and available for suitable work.

(a) An insured worker is entitled to receive waiting-week credit or benefits for a week of unemployment if for that week the insured worker is able to work and available for suitable work. An insured worker is not considered available for work unless registered for work in accordance with regulations adopted by the department. An […]

Sec. 23.20.379. Voluntary quit, discharge for misconduct, and refusal of work.

(a) An insured worker is disqualified for waiting-week credit or benefits for the first week in which the insured worker is unemployed and for the next five weeks of unemployment following that week if the insured worker (1) left the insured worker’s last suitable work voluntarily without good cause; or (2) was discharged for misconduct […]

Sec. 23.20.381. Other disqualifications.

(a) Benefits are not payable to any individual on the basis of any services, substantially all of which consist of participation in sports or athletic events or training or preparing to so participate, for any week which commences during the period between two successive seasons or similar periods of that sport or athletic event if […]

Sec. 23.20.382. Benefits while attending approved vocational training course.

(a) Benefits or waiting-week credit for any week may not be denied an otherwise eligible individual because the individual is attending a vocational training or retraining course with the approval of the director of the division responsible for employment and training services or because, while attending the course, the individual is not available for work […]

Sec. 23.20.383. Labor dispute disqualification.

(a) An insured worker is disqualified for waiting-week credit or benefits for a week of the insured worker’s unemployment if, for that week, the department finds the insured worker’s unemployment is due to a stoppage of work caused by a labor dispute at the immediate establishment or other premises at which the insured worker is […]

Sec. 23.20.385. Suitable work.

(a) Work may not be considered suitable and benefits may not be denied under a provision of this chapter to an otherwise eligible individual for refusing to accept new work under any of the following conditions: (1) if the position offered is vacant due directly to a strike, lockout, or other labor dispute; (2) if […]

Sec. 23.20.387. Disqualification for misrepresentation.

(a) An insured worker is disqualified for benefits for the week with respect to which the false statement or misrepresentation was made and for an additional period of not less than six weeks or more than 52 weeks if the department determines that the insured worker has knowingly made a false statement or misrepresentation of […]