Alaska Statutes
Title 23. Labor and Workers' Compensation
Chapter 20. Alaska Employment Security Act

Sec. 23.20.025. Establishment of Employment Security Advisory Council. [Repealed, § 16 ch 61 SLA 1995. For Alaska Human Resource Investment Council, see AS 23.15.550 et seq.] - For Alaska Human Resource Investment Council, see AS 23.15.550 et...

Sec. 23.20.030. Director. - (a) Subject to AS 23.20.035, the department shall appoint a...

Sec. 23.20.035. Duties and powers of director. - (a) The director, in accordance with AS 23.20.020 and 23.20.030,...

Sec. 23.20.040. Qualifications of director. - A person may not be appointed director unless the person...

Sec. 23.20.045. Regulations. - The department may adopt regulations under AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure...

Sec. 23.20.050. Publications. - The department shall have printed for distribution to the public...

Sec. 23.20.055. Department records; admissibility. - (a) The department may make summaries, compilations, photographs, duplications, or...

Sec. 23.20.060. Oaths and witnesses. - In administering this chapter, the department may administer oaths and...

Sec. 23.20.065. Subpoenas. - In case of contumacy, or refusal to obey a subpoena...

Sec. 23.20.070. Self-incrimination. - A person may not be excused from attending and testifying...

Sec. 23.20.075. Acquisition of land and buildings. - (a) The department may acquire in the name of the...

Sec. 23.20.077. Application for demonstration programs. - (a) The Department of Labor and Workforce Development shall pursue...

Sec. 23.20.080. Federal-state cooperation. - (a) In the administration of this chapter, the department shall...

Sec. 23.20.085. Interstate benefit payments. - (a) The department shall enter into reciprocal arrangements with appropriate...

Sec. 23.20.090. Reciprocal coverage and cooperation. - (a) The commissioner may enter into reciprocal arrangements with appropriate...

Sec. 23.20.095. Exchange of services, facilities, and information. - (a) The administration of this chapter and of other state...

Sec. 23.20.100. Public employment offices. - The department shall establish and maintain free public employment offices...

Sec. 23.20.105. Employing units to keep records and reports. - An employing unit shall keep work records containing information which...

Sec. 23.20.110. Information obtained by department. - (a) Except for disclosures required by 42 U.S.C. 503, as...

Sec. 23.20.115. Unauthorized disclosure of information. - A member of the department, an employee of the department,...

Sec. 23.20.120. Examination of bank. - The department may request the Comptroller of the Currency of...

Article 2. Funds.

Sec. 23.20.130. Unemployment compensation fund; training and building fund; establishment and control. - (a) There shall be maintained, as special funds separate and...

Sec. 23.20.135. Accounts and deposit. - (a) The commissioner of revenue is ex officio the treasurer...

Sec. 23.20.140. Advances. - When, in accordance with 42 U.S.C. 1321 - 1324 (Title...

Sec. 23.20.145. Withdrawals. - (a) In accordance with regulations adopted by the department, money...

Sec. 23.20.150. Discontinuance of unemployment trust fund. - (a) To the extent that AS 23.20.130 - 23.20.140 relate...

Sec. 23.20.155. Employment security administration fund. - (a) There is created a special fund in the state...

Sec. 23.20.160. Reimbursement of fund. - If money received from the Department of Labor under 42...

Article 3. Contributions.

Sec. 23.20.165. Payment of contributions. - (a) Contributions with respect to wages for employment accrue and...

Sec. 23.20.170. Rate of contributions. - (a) [Repealed, § 80 ch 9 SLA 1980.] (b) An...

Sec. 23.20.175. Base of contributions. - (a) [Repealed, § 30 ch 100 SLA 1989.] (b) [Repealed,...

Sec. 23.20.180. Records and analysis of experience with unemployment risk. - For each calendar year the department shall maintain separate accounts...

Sec. 23.20.185. Interest on past due contributions. - (a) If contributions are not paid on the date on...

Sec. 23.20.190. Penalty for failure to file reports. - (a) An employer required to pay contributions under the provisions...

Sec. 23.20.195. Penalty for nonpayment of contribution. - (a) If the contributions are unpaid after 30 days from...

Sec. 23.20.200. Lien. - (a) A claim for contributions, including interest and penalties, not...

Sec. 23.20.205. Notice of assessment, distraint, seizure, and sale. - (a) If the department finds that a contribution including interest...

Sec. 23.20.210. Inventory and sale. - (a) Upon making a distraint, the department shall seize the...

Sec. 23.20.215. Notice and order to withhold and deliver. - (a) The department may issue a notice and order to...

Sec. 23.20.220. Appeals. - (a) When a notice of assessment is delivered or mailed...

Sec. 23.20.225. Adjustments and refunds. - (a) Within two years after contributions or interest are erroneously...

Sec. 23.20.230. Arbitrary reports. - If an employing unit fails or neglects to make or...

Sec. 23.20.235. Jeopardy assessment. - If the department has reason to believe that an employer...

Sec. 23.20.240. Collection of delinquent contributions. - (a) If after notice an employer defaults in the payment...

Sec. 23.20.242. Appeals by officer, manager, member, or employee. - The department shall permit each officer or employee of a...

Sec. 23.20.245. Remedies cumulative. - Remedies given to the state under this chapter for the...

Sec. 23.20.247. Employer's security for delinquent contributions. - (a) If the department determines that an employer has been...

Sec. 23.20.248. Injunctive relief. - (a) If an employer does not deposit and keep on...

Sec. 23.20.250. Lien upon distribution or assignment of assets. - (a) If the assets of an employer are distributed under...

Sec. 23.20.255. Compromise of contributions. - (a) The department may compromise a claim for contributions, interest,...

Sec. 23.20.260. Liability of successor employer. - (a) The contributions required by this chapter are a lien...

Sec. 23.20.265. Liability of contractor and principal for contributions. - (a) An employing unit which contracts with or has under...

Sec. 23.20.270. Limitation of actions and uncollectible accounts. - (a) The department shall begin action for the collection of...

Sec. 23.20.275. Service of process. - Process for assessment and collection of contributions may be served...

Sec. 23.20.276. Financing benefits paid to employees of nonprofit organizations; election. - (a) Benefits paid to employees of nonprofit organizations shall be...

Sec. 23.20.277. Reimbursement payments by nonprofit organizations, governmental entities, and federally recognized tribes. - (a) Payments in place of contributions by nonprofit organizations shall...

Sec. 23.20.278. Financing benefits paid to employees of the state, political subdivisions of the state, or a federally recognized tribe. - A federally recognized tribe, a political subdivision, or a department,...

Sec. 23.20.279. Prohibition on relief of certain charges to an employer's account. - (a) An employer's account may not be relieved of charges...

Article 4. Experience Rating.

Sec. 23.20.280. Eligible employer. - (a) An employer is eligible for a rate determination in...

Sec. 23.20.281. Ineligible employer. - An employer who has been subject to this chapter less...

Sec. 23.20.285. Quarterly decline quotients. - (a) The department shall determine each eligible employer's contribution rate...

Sec. 23.20.290. Rate determination. - (a) The department shall determine each eligible employer's ratable payroll....

Sec. 23.20.293. Requirement to notify the department of a business change and acquisitions. - (a) An employing unit that has a change in ownership,...

Sec. 23.20.295. Rates for successors in business. - (a) When an employing unit, whether or not an employer...

Sec. 23.20.297. Special standards addressing transfers of experience and assignment of rates. - (a) The following standards apply regarding assignment of rates and...

Sec. 23.20.299. Obtaining an unemployment contribution rate by deception. - (a) A person who violates AS 23.20.297(b) or (c) commits...

Sec. 23.20.300. Corrections and adjustments. - Corrections or modifications of an employer's payroll may be taken...

Sec. 23.20.305. Application for review. - (a) The department shall promptly notify each employer of the...

Sec. 23.20.310. Definitions for AS 23.20.280 - 23.20.310. - In AS 23.20.280 - 23.20.310, (1) “business” means a trade...

Article 5. Coverage.

Sec. 23.20.315. Coverage determination. - (a) On its own motion or on the application of...

Sec. 23.20.320. Conclusiveness of determination. - A determination of the status of an employing unit by...

Sec. 23.20.325. Elective coverage of excluded service. - (a) A service performed for an employing unit which is...

Article 6. Benefits.

Sec. 23.20.330. Claims. - Claims for benefits and notices of unemployment shall be made...

Sec. 23.20.335. Notice to employees. - An employer shall post and maintain in places readily accessible...

Sec. 23.20.340. Determination of claims. - (a) An examiner designated by the department shall take the...

Sec. 23.20.345. Payment of benefits. - Benefits are payable from the fund. All benefits shall be...

Sec. 23.20.350. Amount of benefits. - (a) An individual who is paid at least $2,500 in...

Sec. 23.20.353. Supplemental state benefits. - (a) An individual is eligible to receive supplemental state benefits...

Sec. 23.20.354. State interim benefits. - (a) There is established a state interim benefits program. State...

Sec. 23.20.360. Earnings deducted from weekly benefit amount. - The amount of benefits, excluding the allowance for dependents, payable...

Sec. 23.20.362. Disqualifying or deductible income. - (a) The amount of benefits payable to an insured worker...

Sec. 23.20.365. Limited liability of state. - Benefits are considered due and payable under this chapter only...

Sec. 23.20.370. Benefits of decedent or incompetent. - Benefits due and payable to a deceased or judicially declared...

Sec. 23.20.375. Filing requirements. - (a) An insured worker is entitled to receive waiting-week credit...

Sec. 23.20.376. Base period extension and limitation. - (a) If the department finds that during the individual's base...

Sec. 23.20.378. Able to work and available for suitable work. - (a) An insured worker is entitled to receive waiting-week credit...

Sec. 23.20.379. Voluntary quit, discharge for misconduct, and refusal of work. - (a) An insured worker is disqualified for waiting-week credit or...

Sec. 23.20.381. Other disqualifications. - (a) Benefits are not payable to any individual on the...

Sec. 23.20.382. Benefits while attending approved vocational training course. - (a) Benefits or waiting-week credit for any week may not...

Sec. 23.20.383. Labor dispute disqualification. - (a) An insured worker is disqualified for waiting-week credit or...

Sec. 23.20.385. Suitable work. - (a) Work may not be considered suitable and benefits may...

Sec. 23.20.387. Disqualification for misrepresentation. - (a) An insured worker is disqualified for benefits for the...

Sec. 23.20.390. Recovery of improper payments; penalty. - (a) An individual who receives a sum as benefits from...

Sec. 23.20.392. Deductions from back pay awards. - An employer who makes a deduction from a back pay...

Sec. 23.20.395. Waiver of rights void. - (a) An agreement by an individual to waive, release, or...

Sec. 23.20.400. Limitation of fees. - (a) An individual claiming benefits may not be charged a...

Sec. 23.20.401. Child support interception. - (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, an individual...

Sec. 23.20.403. Voluntary income tax withholding. - (a) When an individual files a new claim for unemployment...

Sec. 23.20.405. Assignment void; exemption of benefits. - (a) An assignment, pledge, or encumbrance of a right to...

Article 7. Extended Unemployment Compensation.

Sec. 23.20.406. Extended benefits. - (a) Except when the result would be inconsistent with other...

Sec. 23.20.407. Weekly extended benefit amount; total payable. - (a) The weekly extended benefit amount payable to an individual...

Sec. 23.20.408. Extended benefit periods. - (a) When an extended benefit period is to become effective...

Sec. 23.20.409. Definitions for AS 23.20.406 - 23.20.409. - In AS 23.20.406 - 23.20.409, (1) “applicable benefit year” means,...

Article 8. Appeals.

Sec. 23.20.410. Appeal tribunals. - The department shall appoint one or more referees, each of...

Sec. 23.20.415. Review by appeal tribunal. - (a) A party entitled to notice of determination provided in...

Sec. 23.20.420. Hearing procedure and record. - (a) Each party shall be promptly given a reasonable opportunity...

Sec. 23.20.425. Consolidated appeals. - (a) When the same or substantially similar evidence is material...

Sec. 23.20.430. Notice of decision and time for appeal. - After a hearing an appeal tribunal shall promptly make findings...

Sec. 23.20.435. Review by department. - (a) An appeal to the department by a party is...

Sec. 23.20.440. Removal of appeal to department. - The department may remove to itself or transfer to another...

Sec. 23.20.445. Notice of decision of department and judicial review. - Each party, including the properly designated representative of the department,...

Sec. 23.20.450. Conclusiveness of final determinations and decisions. - (a) Except to the extent there is a redetermination under...

Sec. 23.20.455. Rule of decision and certification to department. - (a) Final decisions of the department and the principles of...

Sec. 23.20.460. Limitation of fees. - A claimant may not be charged fees or costs of...

Sec. 23.20.465. Representation of claimant. - A claimant in a proceeding before the department or an...

Sec. 23.20.470. Attorney fees. - (a) An attorney at law representing a claimant on appeal...

Article 9. General Provisions.

Sec. 23.20.475. Amendment or repeal. - There may be no vested right of any kind against...

Sec. 23.20.480. Termination. - (a) If the Federal Unemployment Tax Act is amended or...

Sec. 23.20.485. False statement to secure benefits. - A person who makes a false statement or misrepresentation knowing...

Sec. 23.20.486. Participation in the federal offset program. - In addition to any remedies authorized by this chapter, the...

Sec. 23.20.490. Acts of employer prohibited. - (a) An employing unit or an officer or agent of...

Sec. 23.20.495. Noncompliance with subpoena of agency. - A person who, without just cause, fails or refuses to...

Sec. 23.20.497. Binding effect of department decisions. - (a) A finding of fact or law, judgment, conclusion, or...

Sec. 23.20.500. Violation of statute or regulations. - A person who wilfully violates a provision of this chapter...

Sec. 23.20.505. Unemployed defined. - (a) An individual is considered “unemployed” in a week during...

Sec. 23.20.510. Pay period. - (a) If the service performed during one-half or more of...

Sec. 23.20.520. Definitions. - In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, (1) “American...

Sec. 23.20.525. “Employment” defined. - (a) In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, “employment”...

Sec. 23.20.526. Exclusions from definition of “employment”. - (a) In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, “employment”...

Sec. 23.20.530. Wages defined. - (a) In this chapter, “wages” means all remuneration for service...

Sec. 23.20.535. Short title. - This chapter may be cited as the Alaska Employment Security...

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Alaska Statutes Title 23. Labor and Workers' Compensation Chapter 20. Alaska Employment Security Act

Alaska Statutes
Title 23. Labor and Workers' Compensation
Chapter 20. Alaska Employment Security Act