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WY Stat § 27-3-201 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 27 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 3 - Unemployment Compensation|Article 2 - Fund Administration|Section 27-3-201 - Establishment and Composition of Unemployment Compensation Fund.

27-3-201. Establishment and composition of unemployment compensation fund.| (a) The unemployment compensation fund is established and shall be administered by the department for purposes of this act.  (b) The fund shall consist of:  (i) Contributions collected under this act, excluding revenues for the employment support fund under W.S. 27-3-505(a);  (ii) Funds received under 42 U.S.C. § 1321;  (iii) Interest earned on the fund balance;  (iv) Any property or securities acquired by the fund and any earnings of the acquired property or securities;  (v) Any other funds received for the fund from any other source; and  (vi) Funds credited to Wyoming's account in the unemployment trust fund pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1103.
WY Stat § 27-3-203 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 27 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 3 - Unemployment Compensation|Article 2 - Fund Administration|Section 27-3-203 - Discontinuance or Nonmaintenance of Fund; Disposition of Assets.

27-3-203. Discontinuance or nonmaintenance of fund; disposition of assets.| If the unemployment trust fund is discontinued or Wyoming's account is no longer maintained, the provisions of W.S. 27-3-201 and 27-3-202 relating to the unemployment trust fund are no longer effective. All funds, properties or securities of the Wyoming unemployment compensation fund shall be transferred to the state treasurer. The treasurer shall hold, invest, transfer, sell, deposit and release the funds, properties or securities in a manner approved by the commission in accordance with law and this act. Any investment shall allow sufficient conversion of fund assets for payment of benefits.
WY Stat § 27-3-204 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 27 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 3 - Unemployment Compensation|Article 2 - Fund Administration|Section 27-3-204 - Withdrawal Funds Credited to Federal Unemployment Trust Fund.

27-3-204. Withdrawal funds credited to federal unemployment trust fund.| (a) Funds credited to Wyoming's account in the unemployment trust fund pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1103 may be withdrawn only for the payment of benefits and expenses for the administration of this act pursuant to this section except as provided by W.S. 27-3-208 and for the payment of expenses for the administration of public employment offices administered by the department of workforce services pursuant to W.S. 9-2-2601(e).  (b) Funds shall be withdrawn for administrative expenses by legislative appropriation. The appropriation shall:  (i) Specify the amounts and purposes for which the funds are appropriated;  (ii) Limit the period in which the funds may be obligated to not more than two (2) years after the date of enactment; and  (iii) Limit the amount which may be obligated to an amount which does not exceed the amount by which the amounts transferred to Wyoming's account pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1103 exceed the aggregate of the amounts used by Wyoming pursuant to this act and charged against the amounts transferred to Wyoming's account.  (c) Funds withdrawn for payment of administrative expenses pursuant to this section shall be deposited in the employment security administration account and shall remain a part of the unemployment fund until spent. The department shall maintain a separate record of the deposit, obligation, expenditure and return of funds deposited. Any funds deposited and not spent for purposes specified within the legislative appropriation or remaining at the expiration of the period specified by the appropriation shall be deposited with the United States secretary of the treasury in Wyoming's account in the unemployment trust fund.
WY Stat § 27-3-205 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 27 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 3 - Unemployment Compensation|Article 2 - Fund Administration|Section 27-3-205 - Employment Security Administration Account.

27-3-205. Employment security administration account.| (a) The employment security administration account is established and shall be administered by the department. The department, with receipt and acknowledgement submitted to the state treasurer, may deposit funds within the account separate from other state funds in an approved public depository in accordance with W.S. 9-4-801 through 9-4-815. Funds deposited into the account are available to the department for expenditure in accordance with this act and shall not be transferred to any other account. Account expenditures, except funds received pursuant to W.S. 27-3-204, shall be only for the payment of necessary administrative expenses of this act as determined by the United States secretary of labor and for the establishment and maintenance of public employment offices pursuant to W.S. 9-2-2601(e). All funds deposited into the account pursuant to W.S. 27-3-204 shall remain a part of the unemployment compensation fund and shall be used in accordance with W.S. 27-3-204.  (b) The account shall consist of:  (i) Funds appropriated by the legislature, funds received under 29 U.S.C. § 49 et seq. and other federal funds and funds received from any other source for purposes specified in this section;  (ii) Federal funds and funds from any other state received as compensation for services or facilities supplied from the account;  (iii) Funds from any surety bond, insurance policy or other source for losses sustained by the account including damage to equipment or supplies purchased by the account; and  (iv) Any proceeds from the sale or disposition of equipment or supplies purchased by the account.
WY Stat § 27-3-206 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 27 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 3 - Unemployment Compensation|Article 2 - Fund Administration|Section 27-3-206 - Replacement of Certain Funds; How Implemented; Reports.

27-3-206. Replacement of certain funds; how implemented; reports.| The state shall replace any federal funds received under 42 U.S.C. § 501 et seq., any funds granted to the state under 29 U.S.C. § 49 et seq. and any funds of the state or any political subdivision which are matched by federal funds under 29 U.S.C. § 49 et seq. and found by the federal government to be lost or spent for purposes other than or in amounts in excess of those amounts necessary for the administration of this act. Replacement of funds pursuant to this section shall be by legislative appropriation from the state general fund to the employment security administration account for expenditure as provided by W.S. 27-3-205. The department shall report to the governor and the governor to the legislature through the report required under W.S. 9-2-1014 the amount required for the replacement.
WY Stat § 27-3-207 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 27 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 3 - Unemployment Compensation|Article 2 - Fund Administration|Section 27-3-207 - Employment Security Revenue Account.

27-3-207. Employment security revenue account.| (a) The employment security revenue account is created as a separate account in the employment security administration account. Monies within the account may only be expended by legislative appropriation. The account shall be used:  (i) To replace any funds pursuant to W.S. 27-3-206;  (ii) For necessary expenses of this act for which no federal funds are available provided the expenditures from the account are not substituted for federal funds which would otherwise be available; and  (iii) Instead of federal funds requested but not received provided the account is reimbursed upon receipt of requested federal funds.  (b) Notwithstanding W.S. 27-3-201, 27-3-202 and 27-3-205, the employment security revenue account shall consist of:  (i) Interest collected under W.S. 27-3-510(a) and deposited in the clearing account, provided a sufficient balance is kept within the clearing account to pay interest refunds; and  (ii) All federal funds accruing to the Wyoming unemployment trust fund with the United States secretary of the treasury under 26 U.S.C. § 3301 et seq. which are for administrative purposes.  (c) Funds deposited in the Wyoming unemployment trust fund pursuant to paragraph (b)(ii) of this section may be withdrawn according to procedures established by the United States secretary of the treasury.
WY Stat § 27-3-208 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 27 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 3 - Unemployment Compensation|Article 2 - Fund Administration|Section 27-3-208 - Advances From Federal Unemployment Trust Fund.

27-3-208. Advances from federal unemployment trust fund.| (a) The governor may apply for and receive advances to the state of Wyoming from its account in the federal unemployment trust fund and shall be responsible for the advances in accordance with the conditions specified in Title XII of the "Social Security Act", as amended, in order to secure to Wyoming the advantages available under that title.  (b) Principal repayments shall only be made from federal revenues credited to or received by Wyoming under this act or interfund borrowing under section 5 of this act [Laws 1983, Sp. Sess., ch. 2, § 5, as amended by Laws 1984, ch. 50, § 2] and repayments of interest, if any, shall only be made from revenues available by a legislative appropriation for that purpose or interfund borrowings under section 5 of this act [Laws 1983, Sp. Sess., ch. 2, § 5, as amended by Laws 1984, ch. 50, § 2].
WY Stat § 27-3-209 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 27 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 3 - Unemployment Compensation|Article 2 - Fund Administration|Section 27-3-209 - State Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund Established.

27-3-209. State unemployment insurance trust fund established.| (a) There is established the state unemployment insurance trust fund. All state unemployment insurance contributions collected under W.S. 27-3-503 through 27-3-505, less refunds, shall be deposited into the fund and held in trust for the sole and exclusive use of payment on unemployment insurance benefits. The state treasurer shall invest available revenues in the fund in accordance with law, and earnings from those investments shall be credited to the workforce development training fund established in W.S. 9-2-2604.  (b) The director may determine when and in what amounts withdrawals from the state unemployment insurance trust fund for payment of benefits are necessary. Amounts withdrawn for payment of benefits shall be immediately forwarded to the secretary of the treasury of the United States of America to the credit of the state's account in the unemployment trust fund.  (c) If the state unemployment insurance trust fund is dissolved, all money then in that fund, less earnings, shall be immediately transferred to the credit of the state's account in the unemployment compensation fund, regardless of other provisions of law. Earnings from the state unemployment insurance trust fund shall be credited to the workforce development training fund established in W.S. 9-2-2604. The governor may dissolve the state unemployment insurance trust fund if he finds it to be unnecessary based upon the solvency of the unemployment compensation fund and need for training for Wyoming workers.
WY Stat § 27-3-211 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 27 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 3 - Unemployment Compensation|Article 2 - Fund Administration|Section 27-3-211 - Employment Support Fund Established.

27-3-211. Employment support fund established.| (a) There is established the employment support fund. Revenues allocated pursuant to W.S. 27-3-505(a) shall be credited to the employment support fund by the department, with receipt and acknowledgement submitted to the state treasurer. The state treasurer shall invest available revenues in the fund in accordance with law, and earnings from those investments shall be credited to the fund. The monies in the employment support fund shall not revert to the general fund at the end of any fiscal year, except that any unappropriated amounts remaining in the fund at the end of any fiscal year shall be transferred by the state treasurer to the state unemployment insurance trust fund created pursuant to W.S. 27-3-209.  (b) Monies from the employment support fund shall be expended only upon appropriation by the legislature and shall be withdrawn solely for unemployment compensation benefits or administrative expenses to:  (i) Offset funding deficits for program administration under this act;  (ii) Collect and administer the revenues collected under W.S. 27-3-505(a);  (iii) Further support programs to strengthen unemployment fund solvency;  (iv) Support employment office programs administered by the department of workforce services.
WY Stat § 27-3-301 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 27 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 3 - Unemployment Compensation|Article 3 - Benefits|Section 27-3-301 - Definitions.

27-3-301. Definitions.| (a) As used in this article:  (i) "Additional benefits" means benefits payable under state law to exhaustees due to high unemployment conditions or other special factors and totally financed by any state;  (ii) "Applicable benefit year" means an individual's most recent benefit year or an individual's current benefit year if at the time of filing a claim for extended benefits his benefit year is unexpired only in the state in which filing;  (iii) "Eligibility period" means those weeks in an individual's benefit year beginning in an extended benefit period and if his benefit year ends within the extended benefit period, any weeks beginning in this period;  (iv) "Extended benefits" means benefits payable to an individual under this article for weeks of unemployment in his eligibility period including benefits payable to federal employees and veterans under 5 U.S.C. § 8501 et seq.;  (v) "Most recent benefit year" means the benefit year with the latest ending date for individuals filing a claim for extended benefits with unexpired benefit years in more than one (1) state or, if the benefit years have the same ending date, the benefit year in which the latest continued claim for regular benefits was filed;  (vi) "Regular benefits" means benefits, excluding extended and additional benefits, payable to an individual under this act or any other state law including dependent's allowances and benefits payable to federal employees or veterans under 5 U.S.C. § 8501 et seq.;  (vii) "State law" means the unemployment insurance law of any state approved by the United States secretary of labor under 26 U.S.C. § 3304.
WY Stat § 27-3-302 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 27 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 3 - Unemployment Compensation|Article 3 - Benefits|Section 27-3-302 - Payment; Liability.

27-3-302. Payment; liability.| (a) Benefits provided by this article are payable from the unemployment compensation fund established by W.S. 27-3-201. All benefits shall be paid through department offices in accordance with regulations of the commission.  (b) The department is liable for benefit payments only to the extent provided by this act and to the extent that funds are available within the fund.
WY Stat § 27-3-304 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 27 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 3 - Unemployment Compensation|Article 3 - Benefits|Section 27-3-304 - Maximum Payment.

27-3-304. Maximum payment.| Except as provided by W.S. 27-3-316, the maximum amount of benefits payable to any eligible individual in a benefit year shall not exceed twenty-six (26) times his weekly benefit or thirty percent (30%) of his wages payable for insured work in his base period, whichever is less. This amount shall be computed to the next higher multiple of his weekly benefit.
WY Stat § 27-3-305 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 27 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 3 - Unemployment Compensation|Article 3 - Benefits|Section 27-3-305 - Disclosure of Child Support Obligations Required; Notification; Amount Withheld; Payment; Applicability of Provisions.

27-3-305. Disclosure of child support obligations required; notification; amount withheld; payment; applicability of provisions.| (a) An individual filing a new claim for benefits payable under this act shall disclose if he owes child support obligations enforced pursuant to a plan described in 42 U.S.C. § 654 and approved under 42 U.S.C. § 651 et seq. If the individual owes child support obligations and is eligible for benefits, the department shall notify the state or local child support enforcement agency operating pursuant to a plan described in 42 U.S.C. § 654 and enforcing the obligation that the individual is eligible for benefits.  (b) The department shall withhold from benefits payable to an individual owing child support obligations enforced pursuant to a plan approved under 42 U.S.C. § 651, et seq.:  (i) Repealed By Laws 2005, ch.186, § 3.  (ii) The amount determined pursuant to an agreement under 42 U.S.C. § 654(19)(B)(i) and submitted to the department by the state or local child support enforcement agency.  (iii) Repealed By Laws 2005, ch. 186, § 3.  (c) Any amount withheld under subsection (b) of this section shall be paid by the department to the appropriate state or local child support enforcement agency, treated as if paid to the individual as benefits under this act and as if paid by the individual to the state or local child support enforcement agency in satisfaction of his child support obligations.  (d) This section applies only if arrangements are made for reimbursement by the state or local child support enforcement agency for administrative costs incurred by the department attributable to child support obligations enforced by the agency and if the obligations are being enforced pursuant to a plan approved under 42 U.S.C. § 651, et seq.
WY Stat § 27-3-307 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 27 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 3 - Unemployment Compensation|Article 3 - Benefits|Section 27-3-307 - Eligibility When Enrolled in Approved Training Program; Standards for Training Program Approval.

27-3-307. Eligibility when enrolled in approved training program; standards for training program approval.| (a) Notwithstanding W.S. 27-3-306(a)(i) and (iii) or 27-3-311(a)(ii) and (iii) or any federal law relating to availability for, active search for, failure to apply for or refusal to accept suitable work, an otherwise eligible individual is eligible for benefits for any week if he is:  (i) Enrolled in a training program approved by the department pursuant to subsection (b) of this section; or  (ii) In training approved under federal law.  (b) Standards for training program approval under subsection (a) of this section are:  (i) Licensed or accredited by the appropriate agency;  (ii) Preparation for job skills for occupations with good employment opportunities;  (iii) Individual interest, aptitude and motivation determined necessary by the department to complete the course successfully;  (iv) Regular class attendance, satisfactory progress in course work and individual compliance with other training requirements of the institution;  (v) Training is to prepare an individual for entry level or upgraded employment in a recognized skilled vocational or technical occupation and such training is designed to facilitate the learning of particular skills; and  (vi) Current skills of the individual are obsolete or offer minimal employment opportunities.  (c) Notwithstanding W.S. 27-3-311(a)(i), an otherwise eligible individual is eligible for benefits in any week if he:  (i) Is in training approved under federal law; or  (ii) Left work to enter approved training if the work is not suitable, as defined under federal law.  (d) Notwithstanding W.S. 27-3-306(a)(i) and (iii) or 27-3-311(a)(i) through (iii) or any federal law relating to availability for, active search for, failure to apply for or refusal to accept suitable work, an otherwise eligible individual is eligible for benefits for any week if he is not receiving wages or compensation while participating in training in an apprenticeship program approved by the department if he:  (i) Is attending instruction related to the program when the instruction does not exceed eight (8) weeks during the benefit year of the individual and the attendance in the instruction is required as a condition of the individual's continued enrollment in the apprenticeship program;  (ii) Provides the department with a copy of his apprenticeship agreement;  (iii) Files claims in accordance with the rules of the department;  (iv) Establishes to the satisfaction of the department that the training is an approved apprenticeship program; and  (v) Has his most recent employer approve his participation in the training.
WY Stat § 27-3-309 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 27 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 3 - Unemployment Compensation|Article 3 - Benefits|Section 27-3-309 - Eligibility of Aliens; Standard of Proof Required.

27-3-309. Eligibility of aliens; standard of proof required.| (a) Benefits shall not be payable on the basis of services performed by an alien unless the alien was lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United States at the time the services were performed, was lawfully present for purposes of performing the services, or was permanently residing in the United States under color of law at the time the services were performed, pursuant to section 212(d)(5) of the Immigration and Nationality Act.  (b) Information necessary to determine alien status for benefit eligibility shall be uniformly required of all benefit applicants. Determination of benefit eligibility under this section shall be by a preponderance of the evidence.
WY Stat § 27-3-310 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 27 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 3 - Unemployment Compensation|Article 3 - Benefits|Section 27-3-310 - Eligibility After Receiving Worker's Compensation.

27-3-310. Eligibility after receiving worker's compensation.| Notwithstanding requirements for the base period and other compensation factors provided under this act, an individual receiving compensation under the Wyoming Worker's Compensation Act for a continuous period of sickness or injury resulting in temporary total disability and otherwise eligible for benefits under this article may preserve unused wage credits for the four (4) completed calendar quarters immediately preceding the date identified as the date of injury under the Wyoming Worker's Compensation Act. Benefit rights shall not be preserved unless a benefit claim is filed within sixty (60) calendar days following the date notice is mailed to the claimant that he is no longer eligible to receive temporary total disability benefits pursuant to W.S. 27-14-404(c) and within the thirty-six (36) month period immediately following the date of injury.
WY Stat § 27-3-312 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 27 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 3 - Unemployment Compensation|Article 3 - Benefits|Section 27-3-312 - Determination of Suitable Work.

27-3-312. Determination of suitable work.| (a) In determining if work is suitable for purposes of W.S. 27-3-311(a), the department shall consider:  (i) The risk involved to an individual's health, safety and morals;  (ii) The individual's physical fitness;  (iii) The length of unemployment of the individual;  (iv) The prospects for securing local employment in the individual's customary occupation;  (v) The distance of available employment from the individual's residence; and  (vi) If the individual is capable of performing the work.  (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this act, work is not suitable if:  (i) It is available because of a strike, lockout or other labor dispute;  (ii) The wages, hours or other conditions are substantially less favorable for the individual than those prevailing for similar work within the locality; or  (iii) An individual is required to join a company union or resign from or refrain from joining any bona fide labor organization as a condition for employment.  (c) Repealed by Laws 1984, ch. 50, § 3.