Claims for benefits shall be made in accordance with such rules or regulations as the Commissioner may prescribe. The Commissioner may provide for employer initiated claims under such circumstances as prescribed in rules or regulations. Each employer shall post and maintain, in places readily accessible to employees, printed statements concerning such regulations or such other […]
All benefits payable from and out of the Unemployment Compensation Fund shall be paid as provided in this chapter and through the employment offices of the department in accordance with such rules and regulations as the Commissioner may prescribe. History. Code 1981, § 34-8-191 , enacted by Ga. L. 1991, p. 139, § 1.
Employees of the department designated by the Commissioner shall take the initial claim. An initial determination thereon shall be made promptly and shall include a determination with respect to whether or not benefits are payable, the week with respect to which benefits shall commence, the weekly benefit amount payable, and the maximum duration of benefits. […]
The weekly benefit amount of an individual’s claim shall be that amount computed by dividing the two highest quarters of wages paid in the base period by 42. Any fraction of a dollar shall then be disregarded. Wages must have been paid in at least two quarters of the base period and total wages in […]
An individual shall be disqualified for benefits: For the week or fraction thereof in which the individual has filed an otherwise valid claim for benefits after such individual has left the most recent employer voluntarily without good cause in connection with the individual’s most recent work. Good cause in connection with the individual’s most recent […]
An unemployed individual shall be eligible to receive benefits for any week only if such unemployed individual shows to the satisfaction of the Commissioner that each of the following conditions has been met: The individual has made a claim, has been unemployed or employed less than full time during the regular work week, and has […]
Benefits based on service in employment as defined in subsections (h) and (i) of Code Section 34-8-35. Benefits based on service in employment as defined in subsections (h) and (i) of Code Section 34-8-35 shall be payable in the same amount, on the same terms, and subject to the same conditions as compensation payable […]
Definitions. As used in this Code section, the term: “Eligibility period” of an individual means the period consisting of the weeks in his or her benefit year which begin in an extended benefit period. “Exhaustee” means an individual who, with respect to any week of unemployment in his or her eligibility period: Has received, […]
Each claimant shall disclose to the department whether or not such claimant owes child support obligations which are being enforced pursuant to a plan described in Section 454 of the federal Social Security Act. The department shall notify the state or local child support enforcement agency that such individual owes child support obligations and is […]
As used in this Code section, the term: “Uncollected overissuance” has the same meaning as provided in 7 U.S.C. Section 2022(c)(1). “Unemployment compensation” means any compensation payable under this chapter including amounts payable by the Commissioner pursuant to an agreement under any federal law providing for compensation, assistance, or allowances with respect to unemployment. An […]
