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AK Stat § 23.20.315 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 23. Labor and Workers' Compensation|Chapter 20. Alaska Employment Security Act|Article 5. Coverage.|Sec. 23.20.315. Coverage determination.

(a) On its own motion or on the application of an employing unit, the department shall, on the basis of facts found by it, determine whether the employing unit is an employer and whether service performed for it constitutes employment. (b) Within one year or a longer time which the department for good cause allows, after a determination has been made under (a) of this section, the department may reconsider its determination in the light of additional evidence and make a redetermination. (c) The department shall mail or deliver a notice of its determination made under (a) or (b) of this section to the last address of record of the employing unit affected. The notice must include a statement of the supporting facts found by the department. (d) Within 30 days after a notice of a determination has been mailed or delivered to the last address of record of an employing unit, the employing unit may apply to the department to reconsider its determination in the light of additional evidence and to issue a redetermination. The department shall, if the request is granted, mail or deliver to the last address of record of the employing unit affected a notice of the redetermination. The notice must include a statement of the supporting facts found by the department. If the department denies the request for redetermination, it shall furnish a notice of the denial of the application. (e) Within 30 days after a notice of a determination made under (a), (b), or (d) of this section or a denial of the application under (d) of this section has been mailed or delivered to the last address of record of an employing unit, the employing unit may appeal from the determination to the department. The department shall give the parties a reasonable opportunity for a fair hearing as provided in the case of hearings before appeal tribunals in AS 23.20.410 - 23.20.470. The decision of the department is final unless, within 30 days after the decision is mailed or delivered to the last address of record of a party, the party initiates judicial review in accordance with AS 23.20.445.
AK Stat § 23.20.320 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 23. Labor and Workers' Compensation|Chapter 20. Alaska Employment Security Act|Article 5. Coverage.|Sec. 23.20.320. Conclusiveness of determination.

A determination of the status of an employing unit by the department under AS 23.20.315 in the absence of appeal, and a final determination of the department upon an appeal, together with the record of the proceeding are admissible in a subsequent proceeding under this chapter. If the determination is supported by substantial evidence and there is no fraud, the determination is conclusive, except as to an error of law, upon an employing unit which is a party to the proceeding.
AK Stat § 23.20.325 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 23. Labor and Workers' Compensation|Chapter 20. Alaska Employment Security Act|Article 5. Coverage.|Sec. 23.20.325. Elective coverage of excluded service.

(a) A service performed for an employing unit which is excluded under the definition of employment, and with respect to which no payments are required under the employment security law of another state or of the federal government, is considered employment for all purposes of this chapter if the department approves a written election to that effect filed by the employing unit for which the service is performed, as of the date stated in the approval. The department may not approve an election unless it (1) includes all the service of the type specified in each establishment or place of business for which the election is made, and (2) is made for not less than two calendar years. (b) A service which because of an election by an employing unit under (a) of this section is employment subject to this chapter ceases to be employment subject to the chapter as of January 1 of a calendar year after the two calendar years of the election only if not later than March 15 of the year (1) the employing unit has filed with the department a written notice to that effect, or (2) the department on its own motion has given notice of termination of coverage.
AK Stat § 23.20.330 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 23. Labor and Workers' Compensation|Chapter 20. Alaska Employment Security Act|Article 6. Benefits.|Sec. 23.20.330. Claims.

Claims for benefits and notices of unemployment shall be made in accordance with the regulations that the department adopts.
AK Stat § 23.20.335 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 23. Labor and Workers' Compensation|Chapter 20. Alaska Employment Security Act|Article 6. Benefits.|Sec. 23.20.335. Notice to employees.

An employer shall post and maintain in places readily accessible to individuals in the service of the employer printed statements concerning the regulations or other matters which the department prescribes by regulation. An employer shall supply individuals in the service of the employer with copies of the printed statements or materials relating to claims for benefits which the department prescribes by regulation. The department shall supply the printed statements to an employer without cost.
AK Stat § 23.20.340 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 23. Labor and Workers' Compensation|Chapter 20. Alaska Employment Security Act|Article 6. Benefits.|Sec. 23.20.340. Determination of claims.

(a) An examiner designated by the department shall take the claim. The examiner shall take all evidence pertaining to the eligibility of the claimant and shall promptly transmit all evidence to the department. The department, or a representative designated by it for the purpose, shall, on the basis of the evidence submitted and any additional evidence it requires, make an initial determination of the claim as to whether the claimant is eligible for benefits under AS 23.20.350 and an initial determination of the weekly benefit amount and the maximum potential benefit amount. (b) Within one year from the date of the initial determination of the weekly benefit amount and the maximum potential benefit amount established under AS 23.20.350, the department shall reconsider the determination or any subsequent determination under this chapter and shall issue a redetermination amending the determination if the department finds that (1) an error in computation or identity has been made; (2) additional wages or other facts pertinent to the claimant's insured status or eligibility for benefits have become available; (3) the determination resulted from a nondisclosure or misrepresentation of a material fact; or (4) the determination resulted from a misapplication of law by the department. (c) The claimant shall be promptly notified of the initial determination or a subsequent redetermination and the reasons for it. (d) Unless the claimant is determined to be disqualified for benefits under AS 23.20.360, 23.20.362, 23.20.375, 23.20.378 - 23.20.387, or 23.20.505, benefits shall be promptly paid in accordance with the initial determination or subsequent redetermination. (e) The claimant may file an appeal from an initial determination or a redetermination under (b) of this section not later than 30 days after the claimant is notified in person of the determination or redetermination or not later than 30 days after the date the determination or redetermination is mailed to the claimant's last address of record. The period for filing an appeal may be extended for a reasonable period if the claimant shows that the application was delayed as a result of circumstances beyond the claimant's control. (f) If a determination of disqualification under AS 23.20.360, 23.20.362, 23.20.375, 23.20.378 - 23.20.387, or 23.20.505 is made, the claimant shall be promptly notified of the determination and the reasons for it. The claimant and other interested parties as defined by regulations of the department may appeal the determination in the same manner prescribed in this chapter for appeals of initial determinations and redeterminations. Benefits may not be paid while a determination is being appealed for any week for which the determination of disqualification was made. However, if a decision on the appeal allows benefits to the claimant, those benefits must be paid promptly. (g) [Repealed, § 80 ch 9 SLA 1980.]
AK Stat § 23.20.345 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 23. Labor and Workers' Compensation|Chapter 20. Alaska Employment Security Act|Article 6. Benefits.|Sec. 23.20.345. Payment of benefits.

Benefits are payable from the fund. All benefits shall be paid through employment offices in accordance with regulations adopted by the department.
AK Stat § 23.20.353 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 23. Labor and Workers' Compensation|Chapter 20. Alaska Employment Security Act|Article 6. Benefits.|Sec. 23.20.353. Supplemental state benefits.

(a) An individual is eligible to receive supplemental state benefits for a week in which (1) the individual is an “exhaustee” as defined in AS 23.20.409; (2) the individual has otherwise satisfied the requirements of this chapter for the receipt of regular benefits; and (3) the individual is ineligible for extended benefits solely because of the provisions of AS 23.20.406(k). (b) Supplemental state benefits are paid in the same amounts, for the same periods, and under the same conditions as extended benefits under AS 23.20.406(a) - (j) and (l) and AS 23.20.407 - 23.20.409. (c) [Repealed, § 9 ch 28 SLA 1993.]
AK Stat § 23.20.354 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 23. Labor and Workers' Compensation|Chapter 20. Alaska Employment Security Act|Article 6. Benefits.|Sec. 23.20.354. State interim benefits.

(a) There is established a state interim benefits program. State interim benefits are payable only to the extent that money is appropriated from the general fund for that purpose. (b) An individual who has otherwise satisfied the requirements of this chapter for the receipt of regular benefits is eligible for state interim benefits if (1) the individual's weekly benefit amount payable under this chapter is reduced or denied under AS 23.20.381(h); or (2) the individual is a noncertificated individual who provides compensated service to a school district for teaching indigenous languages and the individual's weekly benefit amount payable under this chapter is reduced or denied under AS 23.20.381(e). (c) The amount of state interim benefits payable to an individual for a week is equal to the difference between the individual's weekly benefit amount, including the dependents allowance, established under AS 23.20.350 and the individual's weekly benefit amount, including the dependents allowance, payable for that week under AS 23.20.381(e) or 23.20.381(h). The total amount of state interim benefits paid may not exceed the total amount of regular benefits denied solely under AS 23.20.381(e) or 23.20.381(h). (d) State interim benefits are subject to reduction, disqualification, recoupment, and offset in the same manner as regular benefits under this chapter. (e) Extended, additional, or supplemental benefits of any kind are not payable on the basis of a claim for, or the payment of, state interim benefits. State interim benefits may not be used to supplement a reduction or denial of extended, additional, or supplemental benefits.
AK Stat § 23.20.360 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 23. Labor and Workers' Compensation|Chapter 20. Alaska Employment Security Act|Article 6. Benefits.|Sec. 23.20.360. Earnings deducted from weekly benefit amount.

The amount of benefits, excluding the allowance for dependents, payable to an insured worker for a week of unemployment shall be reduced by 75 percent of the wages payable to the insured worker for that week that are in excess of $50. However, the amount of benefits may not be reduced below zero. If the benefit is not a multiple of $1, it is computed to the next higher multiple of $1. If the benefit is zero, no allowance for dependents is payable.
AK Stat § 23.20.362 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 23. Labor and Workers' Compensation|Chapter 20. Alaska Employment Security Act|Article 6. Benefits.|Sec. 23.20.362. Disqualifying or deductible income.

(a) The amount of benefits payable to an insured worker for a week of unemployment which begins in a period for which the insured worker receives a pension, retirement or retired pay, annuity, or similar periodic payment that is based on the previous work of the insured worker shall be reduced by the amount of the payment that is attributable to that week. The requirements of this subsection apply only if (1) the pension, retirement or retired pay, annuity, or similar periodic payment is provided under a plan maintained or contributed to by an employer of the insured worker during the base period of the insured worker; and (2) for a periodic payment other than a payment made under the Social Security Act, the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974, or earlier versions of those federal laws, the service performed for an employer by an insured worker after the beginning of the base period or remuneration for those services affects eligibility for, or increases the amount of the pension, retirement or retired pay, annuity, or similar periodic payment. (b) The reduction of benefits provided in (a) of this section does not apply to that part, if any, of a pension, retirement or retired pay, annuity, or similar periodic payment that is attributable to contributions of the insured worker. (c) The amount of benefits payable to an insured worker for a week of unemployment shall be reduced by the amount of any severance or termination payment, wages in lieu of dismissal notice, or payment for vacation, sick leave, or holidays that is attributable to that week. (d) An individual is not entitled to benefits for a week of unemployment for which the individual has received or is seeking unemployment benefits under another employment security law in a manner other than in accordance with the reciprocal arrangements with other states or the federal government. This subsection does not apply if the appropriate agency finally determines that the individual is not entitled to benefits under the other law. (e) If, after a reduction of the benefit amount under (a) or (c) of this section, the weekly benefit amount is not a multiple of $1, the benefit amount shall be increased to the next higher multiple of $1.
AK Stat § 23.20.365 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 23. Labor and Workers' Compensation|Chapter 20. Alaska Employment Security Act|Article 6. Benefits.|Sec. 23.20.365. Limited liability of state.

Benefits are considered due and payable under this chapter only to the extent provided in this chapter and to the extent that money is available for them to the credit of the unemployment fund, and the liability of the state is limited accordingly.
AK Stat § 23.20.370 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 23. Labor and Workers' Compensation|Chapter 20. Alaska Employment Security Act|Article 6. Benefits.|Sec. 23.20.370. Benefits of decedent or incompetent.

Benefits due and payable to a deceased or judicially declared incompetent person shall be paid, in accordance with regulations adopted by the department, to persons in the following order: spouse, child, parent, sister or brother, aunt or uncle, payment to whom the department finds will best carry out the purposes of this chapter. The regulations need not conform to the statutes applicable to the descent and distribution of decedents' estates. A receipt from the person to whom the department makes payment fully discharges the fund and the department from liability for the benefits.
AK Stat § 23.20.375 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 23. Labor and Workers' Compensation|Chapter 20. Alaska Employment Security Act|Article 6. Benefits.|Sec. 23.20.375. Filing requirements.

(a) An insured worker is entitled to receive waiting-week credit or benefits for a week of unemployment for which the insured worker has not been disqualified under AS 23.20.360, 23.20.362, 23.20.378 - 23.20.387, or 23.20.505 if, in accordance with regulations adopted by the department, the insured worker has (1) made an initial claim for benefits; and (2) for that week, certified for waiting-week credit or made a claim for benefits. (b) Benefits are not payable for a waiting week and benefits are not payable for a week of unemployment occurring within the benefit year before the completion of the waiting week. (c) [Repealed, § 80 ch 9 SLA 1980.]
AK Stat § 23.20.376 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 23. Labor and Workers' Compensation|Chapter 20. Alaska Employment Security Act|Article 6. Benefits.|Sec. 23.20.376. Base period extension and limitation.

(a) If the department finds that during the individual's base period an individual has been incapable of work during the greater part of the individual's working time in a calendar quarter, the base period shall be extended a calendar quarter subject to the limitation set out in (b) of this section. The extension of an individual's base period may not exceed four calendar quarters. (b) The maximum benefits payable as a result of the use of wages earned in a calendar quarter before the individual's current base period as defined in AS 23.20.520 shall be reduced by the amount of benefits paid previously as a result of the use of wages in computing a previous benefit determination.
AK Stat § 23.20.378 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 23. Labor and Workers' Compensation|Chapter 20. Alaska Employment Security Act|Article 6. Benefits.|Sec. 23.20.378. Able to work and available for suitable work.

(a) An insured worker is entitled to receive waiting-week credit or benefits for a week of unemployment if for that week the insured worker is able to work and available for suitable work. An insured worker is not considered available for work unless registered for work in accordance with regulations adopted by the department. An insured worker may not be disqualified for failure to comply with this subsection if (1) the insured worker is not available for work because the insured worker (A) is ill or disabled; (B) is traveling to obtain medical services that are not available in the area in which the insured worker resides, or, if a physician determines it is necessary, the insured worker is accompanying a spouse or dependent who is traveling to obtain medical services; (C) resides in the state and is noncommercially hunting or fishing for personal survival or the survival of dependents; (D) is serving as a prospective or impaneled juror in a court; or (E) is attending the funeral of an immediate family member for a period of no longer than seven days; and (2) a condition described in (1) of this subsection occurs during an uninterrupted period of unemployment immediately following a week for which the insured worker has filed a compensable claim, and work has not been offered that would have been suitable for the insured worker before the illness, disability, hunting, fishing, medical travel, jury service, or funeral attendance. (b) A waiver of disqualification for an illness or disability under (a)(1) of this section may not exceed six consecutive weeks. (c) An insured worker is disqualified for waiting-week credit or benefits for a week of unemployment while the insured worker is pursuing an academic education. A disqualification under this subsection begins with the first week of academic instruction and ends with the week immediately before the first full week in which the insured worker is no longer pursuing an academic education. However, an insured worker who has been pursuing an academic education for at least one school term and who was working at least 30 hours a week during a significant portion of the time that the worker was pursuing an academic education is not disqualified for waiting-week credit or benefits under this subsection if the worker's academic schedule does not preclude full-time work in the worker's occupation and if the insured worker became unemployed because the worker was laid off or the worker's job was eliminated. In this subsection, (1) “pursuing an academic education” means attending an established school in a course of study providing academic instruction of 10 or more credit hours per week, or the equivalent; (2) “school” includes primary schools, secondary schools, and institutions of higher education.
AK Stat § 23.20.379 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 23. Labor and Workers' Compensation|Chapter 20. Alaska Employment Security Act|Article 6. Benefits.|Sec. 23.20.379. Voluntary quit, discharge for misconduct, and refusal of work.

(a) An insured worker is disqualified for waiting-week credit or benefits for the first week in which the insured worker is unemployed and for the next five weeks of unemployment following that week if the insured worker (1) left the insured worker's last suitable work voluntarily without good cause; or (2) was discharged for misconduct connected with the insured worker's last work. (b) An insured worker is disqualified for waiting-week credit or benefits for a week and the next five weeks of unemployment following that week if, for that week, the insured worker fails without good cause (1) to apply for available suitable work to which the insured worker was referred by the employment office; or (2) to accept suitable work when offered to the insured worker. (c) The department shall reduce the maximum potential benefits to which an insured worker disqualified under this section would have been entitled by three times the insured worker's weekly benefit amount, excluding the allowance for dependents, or by the amount of unpaid benefits to which the insured worker is entitled, whichever is less. (d) The disqualification required in (a) and (b) of this section is terminated if the insured worker returns to employment and earns at least eight times the insured worker's weekly benefit amount. (e) An insured worker is disqualified for waiting-week credit or benefits for the first week in which the insured worker is unemployed and for the next 51 weeks of unemployment following that week or until the individual has worked subsequent to the discharge from work and earned 20 times the insured worker's weekly benefit amount in employment covered under this chapter if the insured worker was discharged for commission of a felony or theft in connection with the work. In addition, the insured worker is not eligible for extended benefits under this chapter until the worker has requalified for benefits by meeting the earnings requirement in this subsection. (f) In this section, (1) “alcohol” has the meaning given in AS 23.10.699; (2) “drugs” has the meaning given in AS 23.10.699; (3) “misconduct” includes conduct in violation of an employer's policy concerning the use of drugs or alcohol, but only if the policy is consistent with AS 23.10.620.