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WV Code § 21A-1-4 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 21A. Unemployment Compensation|Article 1. Unemployment Compensation|§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, composed of:(1) Division of Unemployment Compensation;(2) Division of Employment Service;(3) Division of Workforce Development;(4) Division of Research, Information and Analysis; and(5) Any other divisions or units that the executive director determines are necessary.(b) Wherever within this chapter the term "department", "bureau" or "fund" is used, it shall be taken to mean Workforce West Virginia unless otherwise indicated. Any reference in this code to the Bureau of Employment Programs means Workforce West Virginia. Any reference in this code to the Commissioner of the Bureau of Employment Programs or Employment Security means the Executive Director of Workforce West Virginia.(c) Workforce West Virginia shall be administered pursuant to subsection (b), section one, article two, chapter five-f of this code.(d) The Executive Director of Workforce West Virginia shall establish an employer violator system to identify individuals and employers who are in default on any assessment, surcharge, tax or penalty owed to the fund. The employer violator system shall prohibit violators who own, control or have a ten percent or more ownership interest, or other ownership interest as may be defined by the executive director, in any company from obtaining or maintaining any license, certificate or permit issued by the state until the violator has paid all moneys owed to the fund or has entered into and remains in compliance with a repayment agreement. The employer violator system shall work cooperatively with all state agencies to maintain an accurate, up-to-date list of violators which shall be available in electronic format and online for agencies and the public. Before an employer is added to the violator list, he or she shall be given notice and an opportunity for an expedited administrative hearing. The executive director shall propose for promulgation emergency and legislative rules to effectuate this subsection.
WV Code § 21A-1-5 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 21A. Unemployment Compensation|Article 1. Unemployment Compensation|§21A-1-5. Federal-State Cooperation

The bureau shall cooperate with the United States department of labor, similar agencies of the several states, and such other agencies as are concerned with the problem of employment security and public assistance and relief.
WV Code § 21A-1-6 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 21A. Unemployment Compensation|Article 1. Unemployment Compensation|§21A-1-6. Employment Stabilization

The bureau, through the commissioner and the advisory council, shall take all steps to:(1) Reduce and prevent unemployment.(2) Encourage and assist in the adoption of practical methods of vocational training and guidance.(3) Encourage the establishment by the state and local subdivisions of public works reserves to finance construction programs in times of unemployment.(4) Promote reemployment and employment readjustment between industries.(5) Conduct researches and investigations toward these ends and publish the results.
WV Code § 21A-1-7 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 21A. Unemployment Compensation|Article 1. Unemployment Compensation|§21A-1-7. State Public Employment Agency to Become State Employment Service Division

The "state public employment agency" now maintained in the department of labor shall be transferred on January 1, 1937, and shall be made the state employment service division of the Bureau of Employment Programs.
WV Code § 21A-1-8 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 21A. Unemployment Compensation|Article 1. Unemployment Compensation|§21A-1-8. Cooperation Within State

Officers of the state and of its political subdivisions shall furnish to the commissioner upon his request such information relative to the purposes of this chapter as they may have in their possession.
WV Code § 21A-1A-1 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 21A. Unemployment Compensation|Article 1A. Definitions|§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.
WV Code § 21A-1A-2 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 21A. Unemployment Compensation|Article 1A. Definitions|§21A-1A-2. Administration Fund

Administration fund means the employment security administration fund, from which the administrative expenses under this chapter shall be paid.
WV Code § 21A-1A-3 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 21A. Unemployment Compensation|Article 1A. Definitions|§21A-1A-3. Annual Payroll

Annual payroll means the total amount of wages for employment paid by an employer during a twelve-month period ending with June 30 of any calendar year.
WV Code § 21A-1A-4 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 21A. Unemployment Compensation|Article 1A. Definitions|§21A-1A-4. Average Annual Payroll

Average annual payroll means the average of the last three annual payrolls of an employer.
WV Code § 21A-1A-5 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 21A. Unemployment Compensation|Article 1A. Definitions|§21A-1A-5. Base Period; Alternative Base Period

(a) "Base period" means the first four out of the last five completed calendar quarters immediately preceding the first day of the individual's benefit year.(b) "Alternative base period" means the last four completed calendar quarters immediately preceding the first day of the individual's benefit year.
WV Code § 21A-1A-6 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 21A. Unemployment Compensation|Article 1A. Definitions|§21A-1A-6. Base Period Employer; Alternative Base Period Employer

Base period employer and "alternative base period employer" mean any employer who in the base period or alternative base period for any benefit year paid wages to an individual who filed claim for unemployment compensation within such benefit year.
WV Code § 21A-1A-7 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 21A. Unemployment Compensation|Article 1A. Definitions|§21A-1A-7. Base Period Wages; Alternative Base Period Wages

Base period wages and "alternative base period wages" mean wages paid to an individual during the base period or alternative base period by all the individual's base period or alternative base period employers.
WV Code § 21A-1A-8 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 21A. Unemployment Compensation|Article 1A. Definitions|§21A-1A-8. Benefit Year

Benefit year with respect to an individual means the fifty-two-week period beginning with the first day of the calendar week in which a valid claim is effective, and thereafter the fifty-two-week period beginning with the first day of the calendar week in which such individual next files a valid claim for benefits after the termination of his or her last preceding benefit year: Provided, That if a claim is effective on the first day of a quarter, the benefit year will be fifty-three weeks in order to prevent an overlapping of the base period wages: Provided, however, That for any benefit year beginning on or after January 1, 1995, if a claim is effective on the second day of a quarter and the benefit year includes February 29, the benefit year will be fifty-three weeks in order to prevent an overlapping of the base period wages. An initial claim for benefits filed in accordance with the provisions of this chapter is a valid claim within the purposes of this definition if the individual has been paid wages in his or her base period sufficient to make him or her eligible for benefits under the provisions of this chapter.
WV Code § 21A-1A-9 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 21A. Unemployment Compensation|Article 1A. Definitions|§21A-1A-9. Benefits

Benefits means the money payable to an individual with respect to his or her unemployment.
WV Code § 21A-1A-10 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 21A. Unemployment Compensation|Article 1A. Definitions|§21A-1A-10. Board

Board means board of review.
WV Code § 21A-1A-11 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 21A. Unemployment Compensation|Article 1A. Definitions|§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.
WV Code § 21A-1A-12 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 21A. Unemployment Compensation|Article 1A. Definitions|§21A-1A-12. Commissioner

Commissioner means the Bureau of Employment Programs' commissioner.
WV Code § 21A-1A-13 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 21A. Unemployment Compensation|Article 1A. Definitions|§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.
WV Code § 21A-1A-14 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 21A. Unemployment Compensation|Article 1A. Definitions|§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 bankruptcy, trustee or successor thereof, or the legal representative of a deceased person, which has in its employ one or more individuals performing service within this state.
WV Code § 21A-1A-15 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 21A. Unemployment Compensation|Article 1A. Definitions|§21A-1A-15. Employer

Employer means:(1) Any employing unit which is or becomes a liable employer under any federal unemployment tax act;(2) Any employing unit which has acquired or acquires the organization, trade or business, or substantially all the assets thereof, of an employing unit which at the time of such acquisition was an employer subject to this chapter;(3) For the effective period of its election pursuant to section three, article five of this chapter, any employing unit which has elected to become subject to this chapter;(4) Any employing unit which: (A) In any calendar quarter in either the current or preceding calendar year paid for service in employment wages of $1,500 or more; or (B) for some portion of a day in each of twenty different calendar weeks, whether or not the weeks were consecutive, in either the current or the preceding calendar year had in employment at least one individual (irrespective of whether the same individual was in employment in each day) except as provided in subdivisions (7) and (8) of this section;(5) Any employing unit for which service in employment, as defined in subdivision (9), section sixteen of this article, the definition of "employment" in this article is performed;(6) Any employing unit for which service in employment, as defined in subdivision (10), section sixteen of this article, the definition of "employment" in this article is performed;(7) Any employing unit for which agricultural labor, as defined in subdivision (12), section sixteen of this article, the definition of "employment" is performed; or(8) Any employing unit for which domestic service in employment, as defined in subdivision (13), section sixteen of this article, the definition of "employment" is performed.
WV Code § 21A-1A-18 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 21A. Unemployment Compensation|Article 1A. Definitions|§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.
WV Code § 21A-1A-19 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 21A. Unemployment Compensation|Article 1A. Definitions|§21A-1A-19. Fund

Fund means the unemployment compensation fund established by this chapter.
WV Code § 21A-1A-20 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 21A. Unemployment Compensation|Article 1A. Definitions|§21A-1A-20. Hospital

Hospital means an institution which has been licensed, certified or approved by the state department of health as a hospital.
WV Code § 21A-1A-21 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 21A. Unemployment Compensation|Article 1A. Definitions|§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;(2) Is legally authorized in this state to provide a program of education beyond high school;(3) Provides an educational program for which it awards a bachelor's or higher degree, or provides a program which is acceptable for full credit toward such a degree, or provides a program of postgraduate or postdoctoral studies, or provides a program of training to prepare students for gainful employment in a recognized occupation; and(4) Is a public or other nonprofit institution.Notwithstanding any of the foregoing provisions of this definition all colleges and universities in this state are institutions of higher education.
WV Code § 21A-1A-22 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 21A. Unemployment Compensation|Article 1A. Definitions|§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.
WV Code § 21A-1A-23 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 21A. Unemployment Compensation|Article 1A. Definitions|§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.
WV Code § 21A-1A-24 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 21A. Unemployment Compensation|Article 1A. Definitions|§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.
WV Code § 21A-1A-25 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 21A. Unemployment Compensation|Article 1A. Definitions|§21A-1A-25. State

State includes, in addition to the states of the United States, Puerto Rico, District of Columbia and the Virgin Islands.
WV Code § 21A-1A-26 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 21A. Unemployment Compensation|Article 1A. Definitions|§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.
WV Code § 21A-1A-27 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 21A. Unemployment Compensation|Article 1A. Definitions|§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.(2) An individual who has not been separated from employment is partially unemployed in any week in which due to lack of full-time work wages payable to him or her are less than his or her weekly benefit amount plus $60: Provided, That said individual must have earnings of at least $61.
WV Code § 21A-1A-29 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 21A. Unemployment Compensation|Article 1A. Definitions|§21A-1A-29. Week

Week means a calendar week, ending at midnight Saturday, or the equivalent thereof, as determined in accordance with the rules prescribed by the commissioner.
WV Code § 21A-1A-30 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 21A. Unemployment Compensation|Article 1A. Definitions|§21A-1A-30. Weekly Benefit Rate

Weekly benefit rate means the maximum amount of benefit an eligible individual will receive for one week of total unemployment.
WV Code § 21A-1A-31 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 21A. Unemployment Compensation|Article 1A. Definitions|§21A-1A-31. Year

Year means a calendar year or the equivalent thereof, as determined by the commissioner.
WV Code § 21A-2-1 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 21A. Unemployment Compensation|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 of the Bureau of Employment Programs. The commissioner shall be appointed by the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and shall hold his office subject to the will and pleasure of the Governor.
WV Code § 21A-2-2 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 21A. Unemployment Compensation|Article 2. The Commissioner of Workforce West Virginia|§21A-2-2. Qualifications

The commissioner shall be selected with special reference to his training, experience, and capacity.He shall not be a candidate for or hold any other public office or trust, nor shall he be a member of a political committee. If he becomes a candidate for a public office or becomes a member of a political committee, his office as commissioner shall be immediately vacated. He shall devote his entire time to the duties of his office.
WV Code § 21A-2-3 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 21A. Unemployment Compensation|Article 2. The Commissioner of Workforce West Virginia|§21A-2-3. Oath

The commissioner, before entering upon the duties of his office, shall take and subscribe to the oath prescribed by article IV, section 5 of the state Constitution. The oath shall be filed with the Secretary of State.
WV Code § 21A-2-4 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 21A. Unemployment Compensation|Article 2. The Commissioner of Workforce West Virginia|§21A-2-4. Offices

The office of the commissioner shall be located at the capitol. The commissioner shall keep his offices open at all reasonable times for the transaction of public business.
WV Code § 21A-2-5 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 21A. Unemployment Compensation|Article 2. The Commissioner of Workforce West Virginia|§21A-2-5. Traveling Expenses

The commissioner of the Bureau of Employment Programs shall receive the necessary traveling expenses incident to the performance of his or her duties. Requisition for traveling expenses shall be accompanied by a sworn itemized statement which shall be filed with the Auditor and preserved as a public record.
WV Code § 21A-2-6b (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 21A. Unemployment Compensation|Article 2. The Commissioner of Workforce West Virginia|§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 code, specifically, but not exclusively, section five, article ten, chapter eleven of this code, the State Tax Commissioner shall deliver to the commissioner of the Bureau of Employment Programs the following information: The names, addresses and other identifying information of all business receiving a business franchise registration certificate.(b) All information acquired by the Bureau of Employment Programs commissioner pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall be used to implement and administer a single point of registration program as created in section seven, article twelve, chapter eleven of this code. The commissioner of the Bureau of Employment Programs, upon receiving the business franchise certificate information made available pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, shall contact all businesses receiving a business franchise registration certificate and provide all necessary forms to register the business under the provisions of article five of this chapter.(c) Any officer or employee of this state who uses the aforementioned information in any manner other than the one stated herein or authorized elsewhere in this code or who divulges or makes known in any manner any of the aforementioned information shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned in the county jail for not more than one year, or both, together with cost of prosecution.(d) Reasonable cost of compilation and production of any information made available pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall be charged to the Bureau of Employment Programs.(e) Information acquired by the Bureau of Employment Programs commissioner pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall not be subject to disclosure under the provisions of chapter twenty-nine-b of this code.
WV Code § 21A-2-6c (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 21A. Unemployment Compensation|Article 2. The Commissioner of Workforce West Virginia|§21A-2-6c. Payment Withholding and Interception

(a) All state, county, district and municipal officers and agents making contracts on behalf of the State of West Virginia or any political subdivision thereof shall withhold payment in the final settlement of contracts until the receipt of a certificate from the commissioner to the effect that all payments, interest and penalties thereon accrued against the contractor under this chapter have been paid or that provisions satisfactory to the commissioner have been made for payment. Any official violating this subsection is guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or confined in a county or regional jail for not more than one year, or both fined and confined.(b) Any agency of the state, for the limited purpose of intercepting, pursuant to section sixteen, article five of this chapter and pursuant to section five-a, article two, chapter twenty-three of this code, any payment by or through the state to an employer who is in default in payment of contributions, premiums, deposits, interest or penalties under the provisions of this chapter or of chapter twenty-three of this code, shall assist the commissioner in collecting the payment that is due. For this purpose, disclosure of joint delinquency and default lists of employers with respect to unemployment compensation and workers' compensation as provided in section one-c, article one, chapter twenty-three of this code contributions, premiums, interest, deposits or penalties is authorized. The bureau and the workers' compensation commission may enter into an interagency agreement to effect the provisions of this section. The lists may be in the form of a computerized database to be accessed by the Auditor, the Department of Tax and Revenue, the Department of Administration, the Division of Highways or any other appropriate state agency or officer.
WV Code § 21A-2-8 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 21A. Unemployment Compensation|Article 2. The Commissioner of Workforce West Virginia|§21A-2-8. Assistants and Employees

The commissioner shall appoint, upon a nonpartisan merit basis, the division and unit heads and such assistants and employees as may be necessary to the efficient operation of the bureau. He shall fix their compensation in accordance with the provisions of article six, chapter twenty-nine of this code.
WV Code § 21A-2-10 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 21A. Unemployment Compensation|Article 2. The Commissioner of Workforce West Virginia|§21A-2-10. Examinations and Annual Merit Ratings

The commissioner shall hold examinations to determine the technical and professional qualifications of applicants for positions. The examinations shall be a guide to the commissioner in making his appointments.The commissioner shall annually rate the employees according to their merit and shall determine whether they are maintaining standards of eligibility.