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Home » US Law » 2022 West Virginia Code » Chapter 21A. Unemployment Compensation » Article 2A. Emergency Employment Supplemental Matching Program

§21A-2A-1. Legislative Declaration of Finding and Purpose

The Legislature hereby finds and declares that, due to adverse economic conditions existing in the state, substantial unemployment of the residents of the state has resulted and continues, all to the detriment of its people, its business and industry and of the health, safety and welfare of the state as a whole. The Legislature further […]

§21A-2A-2. Definitions

For the purposes of this article the following terms shall have the following meanings, unless the context in which they are used clearly indicates otherwise: (1) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of the Bureau of Employment Programs.

§21A-2A-3. Application for Employment by Eligible Unemployed Person; Forms and Notice

Any person who is an eligible unemployed person as defined in section two of this article may apply for employment in the emergency employment supplemental matching program by making application with the commissioner on forms made available by the commissioner at each local job service office: Provided, That nothing contained in this section shall be […]

§21A-2A-4. Notice to Private Business Employers; Applications for Prospective Employers

The commissioner, within fifteen days after the effective date of legislation appropriating funds for the implementation of this article, shall publish statewide a notice to private business employers of the opportunity to employ eligible unemployed persons as provided for under this article. Any private business, as defined in section two of this article, seeking to […]

§21A-2A-5. Payments to Private Business Employers; Maximums

The commissioner shall reimburse private business employers of eligible unemployed persons from funds appropriated and made available by the Legislature to the commissioner. Such reimbursement shall equal one half of the employer's prevailing starting hourly wage for each person employed under the provisions of this article, but the state's share of the total reimbursement shall […]