§21A-1A-1. Construction of Terms
The terms and phrases defined by this article have the stated meanings when used in this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise.
§21A-1A-10. Board
"Board" means board of review.
§21A-1A-11. Calendar Quarter
"Calendar quarter" means the period of three consecutive calendar months ending on the thirty-first day of March, the thirtieth day of June, the thirtieth day of September, December 31, or the equivalent thereof as the commissioner may by rule prescribe.
§21A-1A-12. Commissioner
"Commissioner" means the Bureau of Employment Programs' commissioner.
§21A-1A-13. Computation Date
"Computation date" means June 30 the year immediately preceding January 1, on which an employer's contribution rate becomes effective.
§21A-1A-14. Employing Unit
"Employing unit" means an individual, or type of organization, including any partnership, association, trust, estate, joint-stock company, insurance company, corporation (domestic or foreign), state or political subdivision thereof, or their instrumentalities, as provided in paragraph (B), subdivision (9) of the definition of "employment" in this article, institution of higher education, or the receiver, trustee in […]
§21A-1A-15. Employer
"Employer" means: (1) Any employing unit which is or becomes a liable employer under any federal unemployment tax act;
§21A-1A-16. Employment
“Employment”, subject to the other provisions of this article, means: (1) Service, including service in interstate commerce, performed for wages or under any contract of hire, written or oral, express or implied;
§21A-1A-17. Exclusions From Employment
The term “employment” does not include: (1) Service performed in the employ of the United States or any instrumentality of the United States exempt under the Constitution of the United States from the payments imposed by this law, except that to the extent that the Congress of the United States permits states to require any […]
§21A-1A-18. Employment Office
"Employment office" means a free employment office or branch thereof, operated by this state, or any free public employment office maintained as a part of a state controlled system of public employment offices in any other state.
§21A-1A-19. Fund
"Fund" means the unemployment compensation fund established by this chapter.
§21A-1A-2. Administration Fund
"Administration fund" means the employment security administration fund, from which the administrative expenses under this chapter shall be paid.
§21A-1A-20. Hospital
"Hospital" means an institution which has been licensed, certified or approved by the state department of health as a hospital.
§21A-1A-21. Institution of Higher Education
"Institution of higher education" means an educational institution which: (1) Admits as regular students only individuals having a certificate of graduation from a high school, or the recognized equivalent of such a certificate;
§21A-1A-22. Payments
"Payments" means the money required to be paid or that may be voluntarily paid into the state unemployment compensation fund as provided in article five of this chapter.
§21A-1A-23. Reorganized Employer
"Reorganized employer" means: (1) An employer that alters its legal status, including changing from a sole proprietorship or a partnership to a corporation; or (2) an employer that otherwise changes its trade name or business identity while remaining under substantially the same ownership.
§21A-1A-24. Separated From Employment
"Separated from employment" means, for the purposes of this chapter, the total severance, whether by quitting, discharge or otherwise, of the employer-employee relationship.
§21A-1A-25. State
"State" includes, in addition to the states of the United States, Puerto Rico, District of Columbia and the Virgin Islands.
§21A-1A-26. Successor Employer
"Successor employer" means an employer that acquires, by sale or otherwise, the entire organization, trade or business, or substantially all the assets thereof of another employer.
§21A-1A-27. Total and Partial Unemployment
"Total and partial unemployment" means: (1) An individual is totally unemployed in any week in which such individual is separated from employment for an employing unit and during which he or she performs no services and with respect to which no wages are payable to him or her.