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MO Rev Stat § 288.247 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 288 - Employment Security|Section 288.247 - Electronic document transmission and filing requirements — investigations of protested issues and fraud, appeals decided.

Effective - 28 Aug 2019   288.247. Electronic document transmission and filing requirements — investigations of protested issues and fraud, appeals decided. — 1. Except as otherwise required by law, any notice, determination, decision, or other paper required to be mailed by the division to an employing unit or claimant under this chapter may be transmitted solely by electronic means to any employing unit or claimant, unless an alternative method of transmittal is requested by the employing unit or claimant. The date the division transmits such notice, determination, decision, or other paper shall be the date of mailing or notification.  2. Any protest, notice of appeal, or other paper required to be filed with the division under this chapter may be filed by electronic means to the website specified by the division. The date and time of receipt shall be determined by the division's computer system.  3. Any function required to be performed by a representative of the division under this chapter may be performed by the computer or other automated means programmed and tested by a representative of the division, office of administration, or a vendor retained to perform such programming under the direction of the division or office of administration. However, any issue raised by an employer in a timely protest and any issue of fraud under section 288.380 shall be decided by a deputy of the division after investigation. Further, any appeal to a determination issued by the division or deputy shall be decided by an order or decision of an appeals referee after an opportunity for a fair hearing as provided in section 288.190. ­­-------- (L. 2019 S.B. 90)
MO Rev Stat § 288.250 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 288 - Employment Security|Section 288.250 - Records confidential — privileged communications — violation, penalty.

Effective - 01 Jan 2017, 3 histories   288.250. Records confidential — privileged communications — violation, penalty. — 1. Information obtained from any employing unit or individual pursuant to the administration of this law shall be held confidential and shall not be published, further disclosed, or be open to public inspection in any manner revealing the individual's or employing unit's identity, but any claimant or employing unit or their authorized representative shall be supplied with information from the division's records to the extent necessary for the proper preparation and presentation of any claim for unemployment compensation benefits or protest of employer liability. Further, upon receipt of a written request from a claimant or his or her authorized representative, the division shall supply information previously submitted to the division by the claimant, the claimant's wage history and the claimant's benefit payment history. In addition, upon receipt of a written request from an authorized representative of an employing unit, the division shall supply information previously submitted to the division by the employing unit, and information concerning the payment of benefits from the employer's account and the unemployment compensation fund, including amounts paid to specific claimants. A state or federal official or agency may receive disclosures to the extent required by federal law. In the division's discretion, any other party may receive disclosures to the extent authorized by state and federal law. Any information obtained by the division in the administration of this law shall be privileged and no individual or type of organization shall be held liable for slander or libel on account of any such information.  2. Any person who intentionally discloses or otherwise fails to protect confidential information in violation of this section shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor. For a second or subsequent violation, the person shall be guilty of a class E felony. ­­-------- (L. 1951 p. 564 § 288.190, A.L. 1979 S.B. 477, A.L. 1997 S.B. 361, A.L. 2008 H.B. 2041, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491)  Effective 1-01-17  (1980) Language referring to "a way of strict necessity" must refer to a standard determining the necessity for widening in order to give the language any meaning. Reed v. Jones (A.), 594 S.W.2d 339.
MO Rev Stat § 288.251 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 288 - Employment Security|Section 288.251 - Cooperation with not-for-profit agencies authorized.

Effective - 28 Aug 1969   288.251. Cooperation with not-for-profit agencies authorized. — Notwithstanding the provisions of section 288.250, the division may enter into arrangements, share and exchange information pertaining to job opportunities with appropriate not-for-profit agencies engaged in programs to promote the employment and reemployment of unemployed and underemployed workers throughout the state, and to these ends to carry on investigations and research studies and publish the results thereof. ­­-------- (L. 1969 S.B. 108)
MO Rev Stat § 288.260 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 288 - Employment Security|Section 288.260 - Annual report.

Effective - 28 Aug 1995, 2 histories   288.260. Annual report. — The director shall prepare a report for the director of the department of labor and industrial relations and the report shall be submitted by the director of the department of labor and industrial relations to the governor and to the commission no later than the fifteenth day of December of each year. The report shall cover the administration and operation of this law during the preceding fiscal year ending June thirtieth and shall make such recommendations for amendments to this law as the director of the department of labor and industrial relations deems proper. ­­-------- (L. 1951 p. 564 § 288.190, A.L. 1995 H.B. 300 & 95)
MO Rev Stat § 288.300 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 288 - Employment Security|Section 288.300 - Unemployment compensation administration fund, administration and disbursement.

Effective - 01 Mar 1988, 2 histories   288.300. Unemployment compensation administration fund, administration and disbursement. — 1. There is hereby created in the state treasury a special fund to be known as the "Unemployment Compensation Administration Fund". All moneys in this fund shall be continuously available to the division for expenditure in accordance with the provisions of this law, and shall not lapse at any time or be transferred to any other fund, and shall be expended solely for the purpose of defraying the cost of the administration of this law, and for no other purpose whatsoever. The fund shall consist of all moneys appropriated by this state, and all moneys received from the United States of America, or any agency thereof, or from any other source, for such purpose, and shall also include any moneys received from any agency of the United States or any other state as compensation for services or facilities supplied to such agency, any amounts received pursuant to any surety bond or insurance policy or from other sources from losses sustained by the unemployment compensation administration fund or by reason of damages to equipment or supplies purchased from moneys in such fund and any proceeds realized from the sale or disposition from any such equipment or supplies which may no longer be necessary for the proper administration of this law. Notwithstanding any provision of this section, all money requisitioned and deposited in this fund pursuant to subdivision (3) of subsection 5 of section 288.290 shall remain part of the unemployment compensation fund and shall be used only in accordance with the conditions specified in subsection 5 of section 288.290. All moneys in this fund shall be deposited, administered and disbursed, in the same manner and under the same conditions and requirements as is provided by law, for other special funds in the state treasury. The state treasurer shall be liable on his official bond for the faithful performance of his duties in connection with the unemployment compensation administration fund.  2. Upon the request of the division, with the written consent of the director of the department of labor and industrial relations, the office of administration shall draw warrants payable to the duly appointed cashiers of the petty cash accounts of the division in an amount to be specified by the director of the division. The sum so specified shall be administered by the cashier as a revolving account to be used in the payment of incidental expenses of the area for which he has been appointed. ­­-------- (L. 1951 p. 564 § 288.200, A.L. 1957 p. 520, A.L. 1988 H.B. 1485)  Effective 3-01-88
MO Rev Stat § 288.320 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 288 - Employment Security|Section 288.320 - Federal funds, how used — reimbursement, when authorized.

Effective - 28 Aug 1951, 2 histories   288.320. Federal funds, how used — reimbursement, when authorized. — 1. All moneys received pursuant to section 302 of the Federal Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.A. Sec. 502), as amended, shall be expended solely for the purposes and in the amounts necessary for the proper and efficient administration of the employment security law.  2. The state of Missouri hereby recognizes its obligation to replace in the unemployment compensation administration fund within a reasonable time, moneys received pursuant to section 302 of the Federal Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.A. Sec. 502), as amended, which have been lost or been expended for purposes other than or in amounts in excess of those found necessary by the Secretary of Labor for the proper administration of the employment security law, and that moneys received pursuant to said provision of the Social Security Act shall be expended solely for the purposes and in the amounts found necessary by the Secretary of Labor for the proper and efficient administration of the law.  3. If in the actual administration of the employment security law, a conflict develops between the provisions of this section and the provisions of section 288.340, the division is hereby directed to pursue appropriate means to test the constitutionality of section 303(a)(8) and (9) of the Federal Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.A. Sec. 503), it being the intention of this legislature that the provisions of this subsection shall be effective only so long as its provisions are in fact and law required in order that this state may continue to receive grants of funds to pay the cost of administering the employment security law. ­­-------- (L. 1951 p. 564 § 288.210)
MO Rev Stat § 288.345 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 288 - Employment Security|Section 288.345 - Division may participate in federal comprehensive manpower programs.

Effective - 28 Aug 1975   288.345. Division may participate in federal comprehensive manpower programs. — The division of employment security is authorized to participate in federal comprehensive manpower programs authorized by the United States Department of Labor and to pay allowances provided by such programs in the manner provided for payment of benefits in section 288.290.4, to execute on behalf of this state agreements or contracts with the appropriate federal agencies containing such provisions as may be necessary or desirable to enable this state to participate in such programs, to expend all funds made available for the purpose of such programs by this state or local subdivisions thereof or by the federal government, to supervise the expenditure of such funds and the conduct of such programs by other public and private agencies in this state, and to make such reports and certifications as are called for, and otherwise to cooperate with the federal government and its departments and agencies in the administration of such programs. ­­-------- (L. 1965 p. 437, A.L. 1975 S.B. 274)
MO Rev Stat § 288.350 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 288 - Employment Security|Section 288.350 - Effect of amendments to related federal law.

Effective - 28 Aug 1951, 2 histories   288.350. Effect of amendments to related federal law. — 1. If the federal unemployment tax act is amended to permit a maximum rate of credit against said federal tax higher than the ninety percent maximum rate of credit now permitted under section 1601(c) of the Internal Revenue Code (26 U.S.C.A. Sec. 1601), to an employer with respect to any state unemployment insurance law whose standard contribution rate on payroll under said law is more than two and seven-tenths percent, in that event the standard contribution rate as to all employers under this law shall, by division rule, be increased from two and seven-tenths percent on payroll to that percentage on payroll which corresponds to the higher maximum rate of credit thus permitted against the federal unemployment tax; and such increase shall become effective on the same date as such higher maximum rate of credit becomes permissible under such federal amendment.  2. If section 303(a)(5) of Title III of the Federal Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.A. Sec. 503) and section 1603(a)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code (26 U.S.C.A. Sec. 1603) are amended to permit a state agency to use, in financing administrative expenditures incurred in carrying out its employment security functions, some part of the moneys collected or to be collected under a state unemployment insurance law, in partial or complete substitution for grants under said Title III, in that event this law shall, by division rule, be modified in the manner and to the extent and within the limits necessary to permit such use by the division under this law; and such modifications shall become effective on the same date as such use becomes permissible under such federal amendments.  3. If the tax imposed by Title IX of the Federal Social Security Act or any amendments thereto, or any other federal tax against which contributions under this law may be credited shall, for any cause become inoperative, with the result that no portion of the contributions required under this law may be credited against such federal tax, then this law by virtue of that fact shall be suspended from operation. ­­-------- (L. 1951 p. 564 § 288.230)
MO Rev Stat § 288.360 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 288 - Employment Security|Section 288.360 - Records of division — reproduction, destruction, copies.

Effective - 28 Aug 1974, 2 histories   288.360. Records of division — reproduction, destruction, copies. — 1. The division may cause to be made such summaries, compilations, photographs, duplications or reproductions of any records, documents, instruments, proceedings, reports or transcripts thereof as it may deem advisable for the effective and economical preservation of the information contained therein, and such summaries, compilations, photographs, duplications or reproductions, duly authenticated or certified by the director or by an employee to whom such duty is delegated shall be admissible in any proceeding under this law or in any judicial proceeding, to the extent that the original record, document, instrument, proceeding, report or transcript thereof would have been admissible therein.  2. The division may provide by regulation for the destruction or disposition, after reasonable periods, of any records, documents, instruments, proceedings, reports or transcripts thereof or reproductions thereof or other papers in its custody, the preservation of which is no longer necessary for the establishment of the contribution liability or the benefit rights of any employing unit or individual or for any other purposes necessary for the proper administration of this law, whether or not such records, documents, instruments, proceedings, reports or transcripts thereof or other papers in its custody have been summarized, compiled, photographed, duplicated, reproduced or audited.  3. The division may prescribe by regulation the charges to be made for certified and uncertified copies of records, reports, decisions, transcripts or other papers or documents. All sums received in payment of such charges shall be promptly transmitted to and deposited in the unemployment compensation administration fund. ­­-------- (L. 1951 p. 564 § 288.240, A.L. 1965 p. 420, A.L. 1974 S.B. 448)
MO Rev Stat § 288.370 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 288 - Employment Security|Section 288.370 - Law does not confer vested rights.

Effective - 28 Aug 1951, 2 histories   288.370. Law does not confer vested rights. — The legislature reserves the right to amend or repeal all or any part of this law at any time; and there shall be no vested private right of any kind against such amendment or repeal. All the rights, privileges, or immunities conferred by this law or by acts done pursuant thereto shall exist subject to the power of the legislature to amend or repeal this law at any time. ­­-------- (L. 1951 p. 564 § 288.250)
MO Rev Stat § 288.375 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 288 - Employment Security|Section 288.375 - Discharge for testifying prohibited, civil action for damages, statute of limitations.

Effective - 28 Aug 1994   288.375. Discharge for testifying prohibited, civil action for damages, statute of limitations. — 1. No employer or employing unit shall discharge, discipline or penalize any employee because the employee has testified on behalf of another employee in any proceeding under this chapter.  2. Any employer or employing unit who violates the provisions of this section shall be liable in a civil action for back pay lost by an employee as a result of the violation, and an employee discharged or demoted in violation of this section shall be entitled to be reinstated to his or her former or comparable position. The burden of proof shall be on the party claiming a violation to prove a claim under this section.  3. The statute of limitations for actions under this section shall be six months from the date testimony was provided by the employee on behalf of another employee. ­­-------- (L. 1994 S.B. 561)
MO Rev Stat § 288.379 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 288 - Employment Security|Section 288.379 - Notice given to filer of claim, taxation of benefits — deducted amounts remain in trust fund until transference — division to follow procedures — order in which amounts are deducted.

Effective - 28 Aug 1996   288.379. Notice given to filer of claim, taxation of benefits — deducted amounts remain in trust fund until transference — division to follow procedures — order in which amounts are deducted. — 1. Beginning January 1, 1997, an individual filing a new or renewed unemployment compensation claim shall, at the time of filing such claim, be advised that:  (1) Unemployment compensation is subject to federal, state and local income tax;  (2) Requirements exist pertaining to estimated tax payments;  (3) The individual may elect to have federal income tax deducted and withheld from the individual's payment of unemployment compensation at the amount specified in the federal Internal Revenue Code; and  (4) The individual shall be permitted to change a previously elected withholding status.  2. Amounts deducted and withheld from unemployment compensation shall remain in the unemployment compensation trust fund until transferred to the federal, state or local taxing authority as a payment of income tax.  3. The division shall follow all procedures specified by the United States Department of Labor and the federal Internal Revenue Service pertaining to the deducting and withholding of income tax.  4. Amounts shall be deducted and withheld under this section only after amounts are deducted and withheld for any overpayments of unemployment compensation, child support obligations, food stamp overissuances or any other amounts required to be deducted and withheld under this chapter. ­­-------- (L. 1996 S.B. 855)
MO Rev Stat § 288.381 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 288 - Employment Security|Section 288.381 - Collection of benefits paid when claimant later determined ineligible or awarded back pay — violation, damages.

Effective - 28 Aug 2016, 2 histories   288.381. Collection of benefits paid when claimant later determined ineligible or awarded back pay — violation, damages. — 1. The provisions of subsection 8 of section 288.070 notwithstanding, benefits paid to a claimant pursuant to subsection 7 of section 288.070 to which the claimant was not entitled based on a subsequent determination, redetermination or decision which has become final, shall be collectible by the division as provided in subsections 12 and 13 of section 288.380.  2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, when a claimant who has been separated from his employment receives benefits under this chapter and subsequently receives a back pay award pursuant to action by a governmental agency, court of competent jurisdiction or as a result of arbitration proceedings, for a period of time during which no services were performed, the division shall establish an overpayment equal to the lesser of the amount of the back pay award or the benefits paid to the claimant which were attributable to the period covered by the back pay award. After the claimant has been provided an opportunity for a fair hearing under the provision of section 288.190, the employer shall withhold from the employee's back pay award the amount of benefits so received and shall pay such amount to the division and separately designate such amount.  3. For the purposes of subsection 2 of this section, the division shall provide the employer with the amount of benefits paid to the claimant.  4. Any individual, company, association, corporation, partnership, bureau, agency or the agent or employee of the foregoing who interferes with, obstructs, or otherwise causes an employer to fail to comply with the provisions of subsection 2 of this section shall be liable for damages in the amount of three times the amount owed by the employer to the division. The division shall proceed to collect such damages under the provisions of sections 288.160 and 288.170. ­­-------- (L. 1972 H.B. 1017, A.L. 1988 H.B. 1485, A.L. 2006 H.B. 1456, A.L. 2016 H.B. 1530 merged with S.B. 702)
MO Rev Stat § 288.382 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 288 - Employment Security|Section 288.382 - Uncollectible benefit overpayments, how determined.

Effective - 27 Apr 1972   288.382. Uncollectible benefit overpayments, how determined. — The division may, for good cause, determine as uncollectible and purge from its records any benefit overpayment as mentioned in subsections 11 and 12 of section 288.380 which remains unpaid after the expiration of five years after the date of the determination which established such overpayment. ­­-------- (L. 1972 H.B. 1017)  Effective 4-27-72