Section 25-4-1 Base period. “Base period,” as used in this chapter, means the first four of the last five completed calendar quarters immediately preceding the first day of an individual benefit year. (Acts 1939, No. 497, p. 721; Code 1940, T. 26, §193.)
Section 25-4-10 Employment. THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED BY ACT 2022-197 IN THE 2022 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2022. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT. (a) Subject to other provisions of this chapter, “employment” means any of the following: (1) Any service performed prior to January 1, 1978, which was employment as defined […]
Section 25-4-11 Employment office. “Employment office,” as used in this chapter, means a free public employment office or a branch thereof operated by this or any other state as a part of a state controlled system of public employment offices or by a federal agency charged with the administration of an unemployment compensation program or […]
Section 25-4-12 Fund. “Fund,” as used in this chapter, means the Unemployment Compensation Fund established by this chapter, to which all contributions and payments in lieu of contributions and from which all benefits required under this chapter shall be paid. All interest earned on the fund shall be credited to said fund. (Acts 1939, No. […]
Section 25-4-13 Insured work. “Insured work,” as used in this chapter, means “employment” for “employers.” (Acts 1939, No. 497, p. 721; Code 1940, T. 26, §196.)
Section 25-4-14 State. “State,” as used in this chapter, includes, in addition to the states of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, and Canada. (Acts 1939, No. 497, p. 721; Code 1940, T. 26, §188; Acts 1967, No. 167, p. 499, §1; Acts 1971, No. 88, p. 349, §1.)
Section 25-4-15 Unemployment Administration Fund. “Unemployment Administration Fund,” as used in this chapter, means the Unemployment Compensation Administration Fund established by this chapter. (Acts 1939, No. 497, p. 721; Code 1940, T. 26, §190.)
Section 25-4-16 Wages. (a) Prior to January 1, 1983, “wages,” as used in this chapter, shall mean such remuneration as was defined in this section prior to such date. (b) On and after January 1, 1983, “wages,” as used in this chapter, shall mean every form of remuneration paid or received for personal services, including […]
Section 25-4-17 Week. “Week,” as used in this chapter, means such period of seven consecutive days, as the secretary may by regulation prescribe. The secretary may by regulation prescribe that a week shall be deemed to be in, within or during that benefit year which includes the greater part of such week, or that benefit […]
Section 25-4-2 Benefits. “Benefits,” as used in this chapter, means the money payable to an individual with respect to his unemployment as provided in this chapter. (Acts 1939, No. 497, p. 721; Code 1940, T. 26, §180.)
Section 25-4-3 Benefit year. “Benefit year,” as used in this chapter with respect to any individual, means the one-year period beginning with the first day of the first week with respect to which an individual who is unemployed first files a valid claim for benefits or a claim is filed by an employer on behalf […]
Section 25-4-4 Calendar quarter; fiscal year. (a) “Calendar quarter,” as used in this chapter, means the period of three consecutive calendar months ending on March 31, June 30, September 30 or December 31, except as the secretary shall by regulation otherwise prescribe. (b) “Fiscal year,” as used in this chapter, shall mean the 12 consecutive […]
Section 25-4-5 Contributions; payments in lieu of contributions. (a) “Contributions,” as used in this chapter, means the money payments to the State Unemployment Compensation Fund, required by this chapter, on the basis of a percentage of wages. (b) “Payments in lieu of contributions,” as used in this chapter, means the money payments to the State […]
Section 25-4-6 Secretary. “Secretary,” as used in this chapter, means the Secretary of Labor or his authorized representatives; except, that during any interim in which there is no duly appointed and qualified Secretary of Labor, the same shall mean the Director of Unemployment Compensation, provided for in Section 25-2-3. (Acts 1939, No. 497, p. 721; […]
Section 25-4-7 Employee. Except as modified by the provisions of Section 25-4-10 defining “employment,” “employee,” as used in this chapter, means any individual employed by an employer subject to this chapter, in which employment the relationship of master and servant exists between the employee and the person employing him. (Acts 1939, No. 497, p. 721; […]
Section 25-4-8 Employer. (a) Employer, as used in this chapter, prior to January 1, 1978, shall mean any employing unit which was so defined in this chapter prior to such date. After December 31, 1977, except as otherwise provided in this chapter, employer, as used in this chapter shall mean: (1) Any employing unit which, […]
Section 25-4-9 Employing unit. “Employing unit,” as used in this chapter, means any individual or type of organization, including any partnership, association, trust estate, joint stock company or corporation, whether domestic or foreign, or the receiver, trustee in bankruptcy, trustee or successor thereof, or the legal representative of a deceased person, which has, or subsequent […]
