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Article 1. Unemployment Compensation
§21A-1-1. Purpose of Chapter - The purpose of this chapter is to provide reasonable and...
§21A-1-2. Short Title - This chapter may be cited as the "Unemployment Compensation Law."
§21A-1-4. Workforce West Virginia Created; Divisions Within Workforce West Virginia Created; Certain Terms Defined; Employer Violator System - (a) There is continued an agency designated Workforce West Virginia,...
§21A-1-5. Federal-State Cooperation - The bureau shall cooperate with the United States department of...
§21A-1-6. Employment Stabilization - The bureau, through the commissioner and the advisory council, shall...
§21A-1-7. State Public Employment Agency to Become State Employment Service Division - The "state public employment agency" now maintained in the department...
§21A-1-8. Cooperation Within State - Officers of the state and of its political subdivisions shall...
Article 1A. Definitions
§21A-1A-1. Construction of Terms - The terms and phrases defined by this article have the...
§21A-1A-2. Administration Fund - "Administration fund" means the employment security administration fund, from which...
§21A-1A-3. Annual Payroll - "Annual payroll" means the total amount of wages for employment...
§21A-1A-4. Average Annual Payroll - "Average annual payroll" means the average of the last three...
§21A-1A-5. Base Period; Alternative Base Period - (a) "Base period" means the first four out of the...
§21A-1A-6. Base Period Employer; Alternative Base Period Employer - "Base period employer" and "alternative base period employer" mean any...
§21A-1A-7. Base Period Wages; Alternative Base Period Wages - "Base period wages" and "alternative base period wages" mean wages...
§21A-1A-8. Benefit Year - "Benefit year" with respect to an individual means the fifty-two-week...
§21A-1A-9. Benefits - "Benefits" means the money payable to an individual with respect...
§21A-1A-10. Board - "Board" means board of review.
§21A-1A-11. Calendar Quarter - "Calendar quarter" means the period of three consecutive calendar months...
§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...
§21A-1A-14. Employing Unit - "Employing unit" means an individual, or type of organization, including...
§21A-1A-15. Employer - "Employer" means: (1) Any employing unit which is or becomes...
§21A-1A-16. Employment - "Employment", subject to the other provisions of this article, means:...
§21A-1A-17. Exclusions From Employment - The term "employment" does not include: (1) Service performed in...
§21A-1A-18. Employment Office - "Employment office" means a free employment office or branch thereof,...
§21A-1A-19. Fund - "Fund" means the unemployment compensation fund established by this chapter.
§21A-1A-20. Hospital - "Hospital" means an institution which has been licensed, certified or...
§21A-1A-21. Institution of Higher Education - "Institution of higher education" means an educational institution which: (1)...
§21A-1A-22. Payments - "Payments" means the money required to be paid or that...
§21A-1A-23. Reorganized Employer - "Reorganized employer" means: (1) An employer that alters its legal...
§21A-1A-24. Separated From Employment - "Separated from employment" means, for the purposes of this chapter,...
§21A-1A-25. State - "State" includes, in addition to the states of the United...
§21A-1A-26. Successor Employer - "Successor employer" means an employer that acquires, by sale or...
§21A-1A-27. Total and Partial Unemployment - "Total and partial unemployment" means: (1) An individual is totally...
§21A-1A-28. Wages; Average Annual Wage; Threshold Wage - (a) "Wages" means all remuneration for personal service, including commissions,...
§21A-1A-29. Week - "Week" means a calendar week, ending at midnight Saturday, or...
§21A-1A-30. Weekly Benefit Rate - "Weekly benefit rate" means the maximum amount of benefit an...
§21A-1A-31. Year - "Year" means a calendar year or the equivalent thereof, as...
Article 2. The Commissioner of Workforce West Virginia
§21A-2-1. Appointment; Term of Office - The bureau shall be under the supervision of a commissioner...
§21A-2-2. Qualifications - The commissioner shall be selected with special reference to his...
§21A-2-3. Oath - The commissioner, before entering upon the duties of his office,...
§21A-2-4. Offices - The office of the commissioner shall be located at the...
§21A-2-5. Traveling Expenses - The commissioner of the Bureau of Employment Programs shall receive...
§21A-2-6. Powers and Duties Generally - The commissioner is the executive and administrative head of Workforce...
§21A-2-6a. Reciprocal Agreements - (1) The commissioner may enter into reciprocal arrangements with appropriate...
§21A-2-6b. Commissioner to Be Furnished Information by State Tax Commissioner; Secrecy of Information; Violation a Misdemeanor - (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other statute in this...
§21A-2-6c. Payment Withholding and Interception - (a) All state, county, district and municipal officers and agents...
§21A-2-8. Assistants and Employees - The commissioner shall appoint, upon a nonpartisan merit basis, the...
§21A-2-10. Examinations and Annual Merit Ratings - The commissioner shall hold examinations to determine the technical and...
§21A-2-11. Dismissals, Terminations, Layoffs and Suspensions - The commissioner shall establish regulations governing dismissals, terminations, layoffs and...
§21A-2-12. Delegation of Commissioner's Duties - All powers and duties vested in the commissioner may be...
§21A-2-13. Deputies - For the original determination of claims under this chapter, the...
§21A-2-14. Head of Division of Employment Service - The commissioner shall appoint upon a nonpartisan merit basis the...
§21A-2-15. Employment Offices - The commissioner shall establish and maintain free public employment offices...
§21A-2-16. Federal-State Cooperation - The commissioner shall have all powers and duties necessary to...
§21A-2-16a. Work Incentive Program - The Bureau of Employment Programs, by its commissioner, is hereby...
§21A-2-17. Acceptance of Aid - All moneys received by this state under the said act...
§21A-2-18. Legal Counsel - The Attorney General and his assistants and the prosecuting attorneys...
§21A-2-19. Rules and Regulations - The commissioner may issue rules and regulations in accordance with...
§21A-2-20. Oaths and Witnesses - The commissioner and his specially authorized representatives shall have the...
§21A-2-21. Subpoenas - The commissioner or his authorized representative shall have the power...
§21A-2-22. Publications - The commissioner shall print for public distribution: (1) The text...
§21A-2-23. Veteran's Training Program - (1) The Bureau of Employment Programs, by its commissioner, is...
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...
§21A-2A-2. Definitions - For the purposes of this article the following terms shall...
§21A-2A-3. Application for Employment by Eligible Unemployed Person; Forms and Notice - Any person who is an eligible unemployed person as defined...
§21A-2A-4. Notice to Private Business Employers; Applications for Prospective Employers - The commissioner, within fifteen days after the effective date of...
§21A-2A-5. Payments to Private Business Employers; Maximums - The commissioner shall reimburse private business employers of eligible unemployed...
Article 2B. Group Insurance Plans for Regular Employees
§21A-2B-1. Inaugurating Group Insurance Plans - The commissioner of the Bureau of Employment Programs is hereby...
§21A-2B-2. Acceptance of Grants From United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Employment Security; State Not to Pay Premiums - The group insurance plans so authorized to be established shall...
§21A-2B-3. Approval of Terms of Plans - The provisions and terms of any such group plan or...
§21A-2B-4. Payroll Deductions; Employee Continuing in Group After Retirement - (a) Whenever the above-described regular employees shall indicate in writing...
§21A-2B-5. Custodian of Funds; Disbursements - The State Treasurer shall be custodian of the funds under...
Article 2C. Military Incentive Program
§21A-2C-1. Short Title - This article shall be known and may be cited as...
§21A-2C-2. Declaration of Legislative Intent and Purpose - The Legislature of West Virginia hereby recognizes that disabled veterans...
§21A-2C-3. Definitions - For the purposes of this article: (a) "Active duty" means...
§21A-2C-4. Tax Credit; Eligibility; Amount - (a) Each person, partnership or corporation which employs an economically...
§21A-2C-5. Restrictions and Limitations Regarding Tax Credit - (a) An employer may not claim a tax credit provided...
§21A-2C-6. Program Administration - The program established by this article shall be conducted primarily...
Article 2D. Unemployment Insurance Program Integrity Act
§21A-2D-1. Definitions - This article may be cited as the Unemployment Insurance Program...
§21A-2D-2. Unemployment Insurance Program Integrity - The commissioner shall, on a weekly basis, be required to:...
§21A-2D-3. Data Sharing - The commissioner shall have the authority to execute a memorandum...
§21A-2D-4. Action on Eligibility Determinations - If the bureau receives information concerning an individual receiving unemployment...
§21A-2D-5. Recovering Overpayments and Preventing Fraud - The commissioner shall adopt and implement internal administrative policy to:...
§21A-2D-6. Employer Reporting Procedure to Workforce West Virginia When Employees Refuse Re-Hire Opportunities - An employer may contact Workforce West Virginia by e-mail, telephone,...
§21A-2D-7. Reporting to the Legislature - The commissioner shall maintain detailed records on the ability of...
§21A-2D-8. Rulemaking - Workforce West Virginia shall promulgate and propose rules under 29A-3-1...
§21A-2D-9. Effective Date - This article shall take effect July 1, 2022.
Article 4. Board of Review
§21A-4-1. Creation; Composition - There is hereby created on October 1, 1937, a board...
§21A-4-2. Appointment; Terms; Vacancies; Chairman - On October 1, 1937, the Governor, by and with the...
§21A-4-3. Qualifications - The members of the board shall be selected with special...
§21A-4-4. Oaths of Office - Members of the board shall take and subscribe to the...
§21A-4-5. Compensation and Travel Expenses - Each member of the board shall receive an annual salary...
§21A-4-6. Offices; Meetings - The offices and meeting place of the board shall be...
§21A-4-7. Quorum - A majority of the members of the board shall constitute...
§21A-4-8. Removal of Members - After hearing, and upon cause shown, the Governor may remove...
§21A-4-9. Powers and Duties - The board shall have the following powers and duties, to:...
§21A-4-10. Appointment and Supervision of Personnel; Administrative Expenses; Budget; Assignment of Hearings - By and with the consent and approval of the commissioner,...
§21A-4-11. Oaths and Witnesses - The board, appeal tribunal, or examiner will have the power...
§21A-4-12. Subpoenas - The board, appeal tribunal, or examiner shall have the power...
Article 5. Employer Coverage and Responsibility
§21A-5-1. Employer Coverage - An employing unit which is or becomes an employer subject...
§21A-5-2. Termination of Coverage - Except as otherwise provided in section three of this article,...
§21A-5-3. Voluntary Coverage; Elective Coverage by Political Subdivisions - (a) An employing unit, not otherwise subject to the provisions...
§21A-5-3a. Financing Benefits Paid to Employees of Nonprofit Organizations - Benefits paid to employees of nonprofit organizations shall be financed...
§21A-5-3b. Financing Benefits Paid to Employees of Governmental Entities; Liability of Governmental Entities for Payments - Benefits paid to employees of governmental entities referred to in...
§21A-5-3c. Designating Method of Financing - The Governor or any person or persons he may designate...
§21A-5-4. Required Payments; Failure to Make Required Payments; Criminal Penalties - (a) An employer is liable for payments in respect to...
§21A-5-4a. Voluntary Payments - An employer may make voluntary payments under such regulations as...
§21A-5-5. Rate of Contribution - On or after January 1, 1941, an employer shall make...
§21A-5-6. Payments to Be Pooled in Fund - All payments shall be made to the unemployment compensation fund....
§21A-5-7. Joint and Separate Accounts - (1) The commissioner shall maintain a separate account for each...
§21A-5-10. Experience Ratings; Decreased Rates; Adjustment of Accounts and Rates; Debit Balance Account Rates - (a) On and after July 1, 1981, an employer's payment...
§21A-5-10a. Optional Assessments on Employers and Employees - (a) On and after July 1, 1987, if the commissioner...
§21A-5-10b. Transfer of Business - If a subject employer transfers his or her entire organization,...
§21A-5-10c. Special Rules Regarding Transfers of Experience and Assignment of Rates - Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the...
§21A-5-13. Method of Payment - All payments shall be made in accordance with rules and...
§21A-5-14. Deduction of Payments From Wages Prohibited - An employer shall not deduct payments in whole or in...
§21A-5-15. Fractions of Cents - In any payment, a fractional part of a cent shall...
§21A-5-16. Collection of Payments - (a) The commissioner in the name of the state may...
§21A-5-17. Interest and Rate on Past-Due Payments; Penalties for Late Payment and Reporting - (a) Payments, including penalties, unpaid on the date on which...
§21A-5-17a. Summary Assessments - (1) If an employer fails to file reports for the...
§21A-5-17b. Comity in Collection of Past-Due Payments and Overpayments - The courts of this state shall recognize and enforce liabilities...
§21A-5-17c. Service of Process on Nonresident Employer - If an employer is not a resident of West Virginia,...
§21A-5-18. Priorities - (1) In the event of any distribution of an employer's...
§21A-5-19. Refunds - Within two years after the date on which payment of...
§21A-5-20. Qualifying Wages for Regular Benefits of Newly Covered Workers During Transition Period on the Basis of Previously Uncovered Services - Wages for insured work includes wages paid for previously uncovered...
Article 6. Employee Eligibility; Benefits
§21A-6-1. Eligibility Qualifications - An unemployed individual shall be eligible to receive benefits only...
§21A-6-1a. Seasonal Employment - An individual working less than one hundred days during his...
§21A-6-1b. Requalification Requirement - An individual filing a claim for benefits which, if otherwise...
§21A-6-1c. Voluntary Withholding Program - (a) An individual filing a new claim for unemployment compensation...
§21A-6-2. Waiting Period Construed - If the benefit year ends during a period of total...
§21A-6-3. Disqualification for Benefits - Upon the determination of the facts by the commissioner, an...
§21A-6-4. Individual Not Denied Benefits by Receiving Vocational Training - Notwithstanding any other provision in this article, no individual shall...
§21A-6-4a. National Guard or Reserve Training Not to Be Considered Employment; Such Individual Not Unavailable for Work; Remuneration for Training Not to Be Deducted From Unemployment Compensation Benefit - Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter to the contrary,...
§21A-6-5. Considerations in Determining if Work Is Suitable - In determining whether work is suitable for an individual, the...
§21A-6-6. New Work Not Deemed Suitable - Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, no work shall...
§21A-6-7. When Departments Treated as Separate Establishments With Respect to Labor Disputes - In case separate branches of work commonly conducted as separate...
§21A-6-8. Payment of Benefits - Benefits shall become payable from the fund twenty-four months after...
§21A-6-9. Place of Payment - Benefits shall be paid through employment offices or, if the...
§21A-6-10. Benefit Rate -- Total Unemployment; Annual Computation and Publication of Rates - (a) Each eligible individual who is totally unemployed in any...
§21A-6-11. Benefit Rate -- Partial Unemployment - An eligible individual who is partially unemployed in any week...
§21A-6-12. Suspension of Partial Benefit Rights - If at any time the unemployment compensation fund, including the...
§21A-6-13. Computation of Wage Credits; Determination of Maximum Benefits - The commissioner shall compute wage credits for each individual by...
§21A-6-14. Payment of Benefits Upon Decease of Claimant - Accrued benefits due and unpaid on claims filed prior to...
§21A-6-15. Benefit Payments for Service With Nonprofit Organizations, State Hospitals, Institutions of Higher Education, Educational Institutions and Governmental Entities - (a) Benefits based on service in employment as defined in...
§21A-6-16. Child Support Intercept of Unemployment Benefits - (a) An individual filing a new claim for unemployment compensation...
§21A-6-17. Food Stamp Overissuance Intercept of Unemployment Benefits - (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of section two, article ten of...
Article 6A. Extended Benefits Program
§21A-6A-1. Definitions - As used in this article, unless the context clearly requires...
§21A-6A-2. Effect of State Law Provisions Relating to Regular Benefits on Claims For, and Payment Of, Extended Benefits - Except when the result would be inconsistent with the other...
§21A-6A-3. Eligibility Requirements for Extended Benefits - An individual shall be eligible to receive extended benefits with...
§21A-6A-4. Weekly Extended Benefit Amount - The weekly extended benefit amount payable to an individual for...
§21A-6A-5. Total Extended Benefit Amount - The total extended benefit amount payable to an eligible individual...
§21A-6A-6. Beginning and Termination of Extended Benefit Period - (1) Whenever an extended benefit period is to become effective...
§21A-6A-7. Effective Date of Article - The provisions of this article shall be applicable to compensable...
Article 6B. Short Time Compensation Program
§21A-6B-1. Definitions: - As used in this article, unless the context requires a...
§21A-6B-2. Application to Participate in Short-Time Compensation Program - (a) The commissioner shall establish and implement a short-time compensation...
§21A-6B-3. Approval and Disapproval of Plan - The commissioner shall approve or disapprove a work sharing plan...
§21A-6B-4. Effective Date of Plan, Revocation of Plan, and Modification of Plan - (a) A work sharing plan shall be effective on the...
§21A-6B-5. Eligibility for Short-Time Compensation - (a) An employee is eligible to receive short-time compensation under...
§21A-6B-6. Benefits - (a) The short-time compensation weekly benefit amount shall be the...
§21A-6B-7. Rulemaking - Workforce West Virginia shall promulgate and propose rules under 29A-3-1...
Article 7. Claim Procedure
§21A-7-1. Claims - Claims for benefit shall be made in accordance with the...
§21A-7-2. Display of Regulations - An employer shall post and maintain in places readily accessible...
§21A-7-3. Deputies - The commissioner shall appoint deputies to investigate all claims, and...
§21A-7-4. Investigation by Deputy; Notice and Hearing Before Deputy; Referral of Labor Dispute Claims for Hearing and Determination by Appeal Tribunal; Initial Determination of Other Claims by Deputy; Notice of Findings and Decision - (a) A deputy shall promptly investigate all claims. (b) Upon...
§21A-7-7. Appeal Tribunals - The board shall determine the manner of hearing cases transferred...
§21A-7-7a. Hearings and Determinations by Appeal Tribunal in Labor Dispute Cases - Upon transfer to the board of a case relating to...
§21A-7-8. Appeal From Deputy's Decision - A claimant, last employer or other interested party, may file...
§21A-7-9. Appeal From Appeal Tribunal's Decision; Finality of Decision - A claimant, last employer, or other interested party may file...
§21A-7-10. Review by Board - The board may, on its own motion, after notice to...
§21A-7-11. Benefits Pending Appeal - (a) Benefits found payable by decision of a deputy, appeal...
§21A-7-12. Quorum - All hearings before the board shall be before at least...
§21A-7-13. Board to Establish Regulations for Procedure - The board shall establish, and may from time to time...
§21A-7-14. Records - The board shall keep full and complete records of all...
§21A-7-15. Notice of Decision - The board shall, within fifteen days after the conclusion of...
§21A-7-16. Interested Parties Not to Decide Disputed Claims - A person interested in the determination of any disputed claim...
§21A-7-17. Finality of Board's Decision -- Judicial Review - The decision of the board shall be final and benefits...
§21A-7-18. Claim Procedure Costs - Witness fees of subpoenaed witnesses shall be charged to the...
§21A-7-19. Administrative Procedure to Be Exhausted - A person claiming an interest under the provisions of this...
§21A-7-20. Board a Necessary Party to Judicial Action; Legal Counsel - The board shall be made a party to every judicial...
§21A-7-21. Weight Accorded Board's Findings of Fact - In a judicial proceeding to review a decision of the...
§21A-7-23. Trial; Preference on Calendar - Except as limited by section twenty-one of this article, a...
§21A-7-24. Exceptions; Appeal Bond - In any judicial proceeding arising under this chapter it shall...
§21A-7-25. Service of Process - Service in such action shall be upon the chairman of...
§21A-7-26. Certification and Filing of Record; Certification of Questions of Law - The board shall certify and file with the court all...
§21A-7-27. Appeal to Supreme Court of Appeals - The judgment of the circuit court shall be final unless...
§21A-7-28. Effect of Judicial Decision - Upon the final determination of such judicial proceeding the board...
§21A-7-29. Supersedeas - A petition for judicial review shall not act as supersedeas...
§21A-7-30. Appeals From Administrative Decisions Relative to Chargeability of Benefits - Appeals shall lie to the board of review, in the...
Article 8. Unemployment Compensation Fund
§21A-8-1. Establishment - There is hereby established as a special fund, separate and...
§21A-8-2. Administration - The commissioner shall be the custodian of the fund and...
§21A-8-3. Commissioner's Bond - The commissioner shall give a separate surety bond in the...
§21A-8-4. Accounts in Fund - The commissioner shall maintain in the fund three separate accounts:...
§21A-8-5. Clearing Account - Upon the receipt of payments and other moneys payable into...
§21A-8-6. Unemployment Trust Fund Account - The unemployment trust fund account shall consist of money deposited...
§21A-8-7. Deposit With Federal Government - Except as otherwise provided in section five of this article,...
§21A-8-8. Benefit Account - The benefit account shall consist of moneys requisitioned from this...
§21A-8-9. Deposit of Funds - Except as otherwise provided in this article money in the...
§21A-8-10. Withdrawals - Except as provided in section thirteen of this article, money...
§21A-8-11. Issuance and Signing of Warrants; Forgery; Penalty - The commissioner shall issue his warrants for the payment of...
§21A-8-12. Unclaimed Amounts - Amounts unclaimed or unpaid at the expiration of the period...
§21A-8-13. Termination of State Act - In case Title IX of the Federal Social Security Act...
§21A-8-14. Transfer of Funds to Railroad Unemployment Insurance Account - Notwithstanding any requirements of the foregoing sections of this article,...
§21A-8-15. Administrative Use of Money Credited to Account of State in Unemployment Trust Fund Pursuant to § 903 of Social Security Act - Money credited to the account of this State in the...
§21A-8-16. Loans to Unemployment Compensation Fund From Revenue Shortfall Reserve Fund - (a) Notwithstanding any provision of this code to the contrary...
Article 8A. Employment Security Debt Funds
§21A-8A-1. Commissioner of Department of Employment Security Authorized to Borrow Money to Repay Funds Advanced by the Federal Government; Employment Security Debt Fund Established - (a) For the single purpose of financing the repayment of...
§21A-8A-2. Employment Security Debt Note Fund Created; Employment Security Debt Bond Fund Created; Pledge of Funds for Sinking Fund - (a) There is hereby created in the State Treasury a...
§21A-8A-3. Issuance of Revenue Bonds or Notes - The issuance of bonds or notes under the provisions of...
§21A-8A-4. Trust Agreement for Holders of Bonds or Notes - The commissioner may enter into an agreement or agreements with...
§21A-8A-5. Municipal Bond Commission for Payment of Bonds or Notes - From the special revenue funds established in accordance with the...
§21A-8A-6. Credit of State Not Pledged - No provisions of this article shall be construed to authorize...
§21A-8A-7. Bonds or Notes Exempt From Taxation - All bonds or notes issued by the commissioner under the...
§21A-8A-8. Assessments; Dedication of Assessments; Commissioner's Authority to Adjust Assessments - (a) On and after July 1, 1987, every employer, contributing...
§21A-8A-9. West Virginia Board of Investments to Act as Board of Investments for Purposes of This Article; Powers - The West Virginia state Board of Investments as heretofore created...
§21A-8A-10. Authority of the Board of Investments - Upon application by the commissioner of the department of employment...
§21A-8A-11. Requirements of Loan - (a) A loan made by the Board of Investments from...
§21A-8A-12. Limitations on Loan Authority - The authority of the Board of Investments to make loans...
§21A-8A-13. Reports to the Legislature - The Board of Investments shall submit to the Legislature annually...
§21A-8A-14. Termination - The authority of the Board of Investments to make loans...
Article 9. Unemployment Compensation Administration Fund
§21A-9-1. Creation; Use of Federal Moneys - There is hereby created in the State Treasury a special...
§21A-9-2. Appropriation - The moneys deposited with this fund are hereby appropriated and...
§21A-9-3. Contents of Fund - The fund shall consist of: (1) Moneys appropriated by the...
§21A-9-4. Disbursements - This fund shall be administered and disbursed in the same...
§21A-9-5. Balances Not to Lapse - Balances to the credit of the administration fund shall not...
§21A-9-5a. Special Administration Fund - There is hereby created in the State Treasury a fund...
§21A-9-6. Treasurer's Bond - The treasurer shall give a separate and additional bond conditioned...
§21A-9-7. Employment Service Account - For the purpose of maintaining the employment offices established by...
§21A-9-8. Reimbursement of Fund - If any moneys received after June 30, 1941, pursuant to...
§21A-9-9. Reed Act Appropriations - (a) Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 1103, Section 903 of the...
Article 10. General Provisions
§21A-10-1. Agreements to Waive Rights or Pay Employer's Contribution Invalid - An agreement to waive, release or commute rights to benefits,...
§21A-10-2. Assignment of Benefits Invalid; Exemption From Process; Exception - (a) An assignment, pledge or encumbrance of any benefit due...
§21A-10-3. Limitation of Fees - No fee shall be charged an individual in any proceeding...
§21A-10-4. Records and Reports; Preservation; Copies; Admissibility; Destruction - (1) An employing unit shall keep true and accurate work...
§21A-10-5. Right to Representation by Counsel or Agent; Fees - An individual may be represented by counsel or authorized agent...
§21A-10-6. Self-Incrimination; Perjury - A person shall not be excused from attending and testifying...
§21A-10-7. False Representations; Penalties - (a) A person who makes a false statement or representation...
§21A-10-8. Recovery of Benefits Paid on Misrepresentation; Limitations - A person who, by reason of nondisclosure or misrepresentation, either...
§21A-10-9. Penalty for Deducting Employer's Contribution or Requiring Waiver of Right - An employer who directly or indirectly: (1) Makes or accepts...
§21A-10-10. General Penalty - A person who wilfully violates a provision of this chapter...
§21A-10-11. Reporting Requirements and Required Information; Use of Information; Libel and Slander Actions Prohibited - (a) Each employer, including labor organizations as defined in subsection...
§21A-10-12. Representation of State in Civil Actions - The commissioner, through his attorney, may represent the interest of...
§21A-10-13. Prosecution and Jurisdiction of Criminal Actions - Criminal actions to enforce the provisions of this chapter, or...
§21A-10-14. Liability of State for Benefits Limited to Unemployment Compensation Fund - Benefits under this chapter shall be due and payable only...
§21A-10-15. Severability - The provisions of this chapter shall be construed as severable,...
§21A-10-16. Inconsistent Acts Repealed - Acts or parts of acts in conflict with or superseded...
§21A-10-17. Right to Amend or Repeal Chapter; Application of Certain Provisions - The Legislature reserves the right to amend or repeal all...
§21A-10-18. Change of Federal Payroll Tax - Whenever legislation enacted by the Congress of the United States...
§21A-10-19. Disclosure of Information to Child Support Agencies - (a) The Bureau of Employment Programs shall disclose, upon request,...
§21A-10-20. Disclosure of Information to Food Stamp Agencies - (1) The Bureau of Employment Programs shall disclose, upon request,...
§21A-10-21. Recovery of Benefits Paid Through Error; Limitation - A person who, by reason of error, irrespective of the...
§21A-10-22. Disclosure of Information to Department of Housing and Urban Development - (1) The Bureau of Employment Programs shall disclose, upon request,...
§21A-10-23. Creation of Unemployment Compensation Insurance Fraud Unit; Purpose; Duties; and Personnel Qualifications - (a) There is hereby established the West Virginia Unemployment Compensation...
Article 11. Limitations on Certain Provisions
§21A-11-1. Expiration of Certain Provisions Upon Certain Contingencies - If United States Public Law 94-566, as enacted by the...