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2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Labor › § 23-570 - Liability

23-570.
Liability
A. Unless otherwise expressly provided by a professional employer agreement or otherwise required by law,  a client:
1. Shall be solely responsible for:
(a) The quality,  adequacy and safety of the goods or services produced or sold in the client's business.
(b) Directing,  supervising,  training and controlling the work of covered employees with respect to the business activities of the client.
(c) The acts,  errors or omissions of covered employees when directing,  supervising,  training and controlling the covered employees' work.
2. Shall not be liable for the acts,  errors or omissions of a professional employer organization or any covered employee of the client and the professional employer organization if the covered employee is acting under the express direction and control of the professional employer organization.
B. This section does not limit any contractual liability or obligation required under a professional employer agreement or limit the liabilities and obligations of any professional employer organization or client required by this article.
C. For the purposes of general liability insurance,  fidelity bonds,  surety bonds,  employer's liability that is not covered under workers' compensation and liquor liability insurance that is carried by the professional employer organization,  a covered employee is not an employee of the professional employer organization unless the covered employee is specifically included by reference in the professional employer agreement and applicable prearranged employment contract,  insurance contract or bond.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Labor › § 23-571 - Tax obligations and incentives

23-571.
Tax obligations and incentives
A. This article does not relieve a client from paying any tax liability that is due under title 42 or 43.
B. Any tax on professional employer services shall be limited to the administrative fees.
C. For the purposes of tax credits and any other economic incentives provided by this state that are based on employment,  covered employees shall be deemed employees of either the client or the professional employer organization. Either the client or the professional employer organization,  but not both,  shall be entitled to the benefit of any tax credit,  economic incentive or any other benefit resulting from the employment of covered employees of the client. If the amount of any credit or incentive is based on the number of employees,  only the covered employees who actually work for the client shall be considered employed and the covered employees who work for other clients of the professional employer organization shall not be considered.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Labor › § 23-573 - Rights; duties

23-573.
Rights;  duties
A. Covered employees may enforce those rights against a professional employer organization that are allocated to the professional employer organization or that are shared between the professional employer organization and the client under a professional employer agreement or this article.
B. Any other rights,  duties or obligations that are enforceable by an employee under the laws of this state shall remain enforceable against the client.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Labor › § 23-574 - Covered employees; licensing

23-574.
Covered employees;  licensing
A. A covered employee who is required to be licensed,  registered or certified under the laws of this state shall be deemed an employee of the client for purposes of the license,  registration or certification requirement.
B. A professional employer organization shall not be deemed to be engaged in any occupation,  trade,  profession or other activity that is subject to licensing,  registration or certification requirements under the laws of this state solely on the basis of entering into and maintaining a co-employment relationship with a covered employee who is required to be regulated or certified.
C. Unless otherwise expressly agreed to by a client in a professional employment agreement,  a client shall maintain the right to direct and control the professional or licensed activities of the covered employees and the client's business.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Labor › § 23-575 - Violations; classification; civil penalties; rules

23-575.
Violations;  classification;  civil penalties;  rules
A. A person who offers to provide or actually provides professional employer services or uses the name professional employer organization,  staff leasing,  employee leasing or administrative employee or any other title representing a professional employer service without first registering with the secretary of state pursuant to section 23-563 is guilty of a class 1 misdemeanor.
B. A person who knowingly provides false or fraudulent information to the secretary of state under this article is guilty of a class 1 misdemeanor.
C. A person who is a controlling person of a professional employer organization and who collects payments from a client representing wages,  taxes,  benefit payments or insurance payments and fails to remit the funds to the appropriate government or private entity within a reasonable time is guilty of theft as provided in section 13-1802.
D. A person who is a controlling person of a client of a professional employer organization and who fraudulently or falsely procures or attempts to procure services or benefits from a registered professional employer organization without having monies that are adequate to compensate the professional employer organization is guilty of a class 4 felony.
E. If a person wilfully fails to comply with any requirement of this article,  knowingly makes a material misrepresentation to the secretary of state,  violates subsection A,  B or C of this section or is guilty of an offense relating to the operation of a professional employer organization,  the secretary of state:
1. Shall impose a civil penalty not to exceed one thousand dollars against the person for each violation. The secretary of state shall deposit,  pursuant to sections 35-146 and 35-147,  penalties collected pursuant to this paragraph in the state general fund.
2. May deny an application for registration.
3. May revoke,  restrict or refuse to renew a registration.
4. May place a registrant on probation for a period of time determined by rules adopted by the secretary of state.
F. The secretary of state shall adopt rules for hearings and penalties for violations of this article or rules adopted under this article.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Labor › § 23-576 - Professional employer organization fund; use; exemption

23-576.
Professional employer organization fund;  use;  exemption
A. The professional employer organization fund is established consisting of fees collected pursuant to this article. The secretary of state shall administer the fund.
B. Monies in the fund are subject to legislative appropriation and shall be used by the secretary of state for the purposes of administering this article.
C. Monies in the fund are exempt from the provisions of section 35-190 relating to lapsing of appropriations.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Labor › § 23-601 - Declaration of policy

23-601.
Declaration of policy
As a guide to the interpretation and application of this chapter,  the public policy of this state is declared to be as follows: Economic insecurity due to unemployment is a serious menace to the health,  morals and welfare of the people of this state. Involuntary unemployment is therefore a subject of general interest and concern which requires appropriate action by the legislature to prevent its spread and to lighten its burden which now so often falls with crushing force upon the unemployed worker and his family. The achievement of social security requires protection against this greatest hazard of economic life. This can be provided by encouraging employers to provide more stable employment and by the systematic accumulation of funds during periods of employment to provide benefits for periods of unemployment,  thus maintaining purchasing power and limiting the serious social consequences of poor relief assistance. The legislature,  therefore,  declares that in its considered judgment the public good and the general welfare of the citizens of this state require the enactment of this measure,  under the police powers of the state,  for the compulsory setting aside of unemployment reserves to be used for the benefit of persons unemployed through no fault of their own.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Labor › § 23-603.01 - American employer

23-603.01.
American employer
" American employer"  means a person who is an individual who is a resident of the United States;  a partnership,  if two-thirds or more of the partners are residents of the United States;  a trust if all of the trustees are residents of the United States;  or a corporation organized under the laws of the United States or of any state.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Labor › § 23-604 - Annual payroll and average annual payroll

23-604.
Annual payroll and average annual payroll
A. " Annual payroll"  means the total amount of wages for employment paid by an employer during a twelve-month period ending on June 30 of any calendar year.
B. In computing an employer's contribution rate,  " average annual payroll"  means:
1. The annual payroll for the twelve-month period immediately preceding the computation date for an employer whose account has been chargeable with benefits for twelve but less than twenty-four months.
2. The average of the annual payrolls for the last two twelve-month periods immediately preceding the computation date for an employer whose account has been chargeable with benefits for twenty-four but less than thirty-six months.
3. The average of the annual payrolls for the last three twelve-month periods immediately preceding the computation date for an employer whose account has been chargeable with benefits for thirty-six or more months.
C. " Computation date"  means July 1 of each calendar year with respect to rates of contribution applicable to the calendar year beginning with the following January 1.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Labor › § 23-609 - Benefit year

23-609.
Benefit year
" Benefit year"  with respect to an individual means the one-year period beginning with the first day of the first week of unemployment with respect to which the individual first files a claim in accordance with section 23-772 and thereafter the one-year period beginning with the first day of the first week of unemployment with respect to which the individual next files a claim after the termination of his last preceding benefit year,  provided that at the time of filing the claim the individual has been paid the wages for insured work required under section 23-771. For the purposes of this section a week with respect to which an individual files a valid claim establishing a benefit year shall be deemed to be in that benefit year which includes the greater part of such week.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Labor › § 23-612.01 - Crew leader

23-612.01.
Crew leader
A. " Crew leader"  means an individual who does all of the following:
1. Furnishes individuals to perform agricultural labor for any other person or employing unit.
2. Pays (either on his behalf or on behalf of such other person or employing unit) the individuals furnished by him for the agricultural labor performed by them.
3. Has not entered into a written agreement with such other person or employing unit under which such individual is designated as an employee of such other person or employing unit.
B. Any individual who is a member of a crew furnished by a crew leader to perform agricultural labor for any other person or employing unit shall be treated as an employee of such crew leader if such individual's services do not constitute employment for such other person or employing unit pursuant to any other provision of this chapter and either:
1. Such crew leader holds a valid certificate of registration under the migrant and seasonal agricultural worker protection act.
2. Substantially all the members of such crew operate or maintain tractors,  mechanized harvesting or crop-dusting equipment,  or any other mechanized equipment,  which is provided by such crew leader.
C. In the case of any individual who is furnished by a crew leader to perform agricultural labor for any other person or employing unit and who is not treated as an employee of such crew leader under subsection B both of the following apply:
1. Such other person or employing unit and not the crew leader shall be treated as the employer of such individual.
2. Such other person or employing unit shall be treated as having paid cash remuneration to such individual in an amount equal to the amount of cash remuneration paid to such individual by the crew leader (either on his behalf or on behalf of such other person or employing unit) for the agricultural labor performed for such other person or employing unit.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Labor › § 23-615.01 - Political subdivision or instrumentality employment

23-615.01.
Political subdivision or instrumentality employment
A. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary,  except for subsection B of this section,  for the purposes of this chapter,  employment,  as defined in section 23-615,  subsection A,  paragraph 6,  7 or 8 includes service performed after December 31,  1977 in the employ of either of the following:
1. Any political subdivision of this state or any instrumentality of such political subdivisions.
2. Any combination of political subdivisions and this or another state,  their instrumentalities,  agencies or boards whether wholly within this state or partly within this state and one or more other states.
B. This section shall not be applicable if Public Law 94-566 or the federal act it amends is adjudged unconstitutional or invalid in its application to the governmental entities described in subsection A of this section. If the application of Public Law 94-566 or the federal act it amends is stayed as to employees of the governmental entities described in subsection A of this section or its employees by any court of competent jurisdiction before or after the provisions of subsection A become effective,  the provisions of subsection A shall not be effective from the time that the stay order became effective and continue for the duration of the stay order.
C. If Public Law 94-566 is finally determined to be constitutional and the court further determines that the governmental entities described in subsection A of this section were liable for claims for benefits during a stay of enforcement then any liability shall be borne by the affected governmental entities.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Labor › § 23-618.02 - Institution of higher education

23-618.02.
Institution of higher education
A. " 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 within 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,  a program of post-graduate or post-doctoral studies,  or a program of training to prepare students for gainful employment in a recognized occupation;  and
4. Is a public or other nonprofit institution.
B. Notwithstanding any of the foregoing provisions of this section,  all colleges and universities in this state are institutions of higher education for purposes of this section.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Labor › § 23-621 - Unemployed; definition

23-621.
Unemployed;  definition
A. An individual shall be deemed " unemployed"  with respect to any week during which the individual performs no services and with respect to which no wages are payable to the individual,  or with respect to any week of less than full-time work without any fault on the individual's part if the wages payable to the individual with respect to the week are less than the individual's weekly benefit amount.
B. An individual shall not be deemed " unemployed"  with respect to any week of less than full-time work if the loss of full-time work is directly attributable to the fault of the individual.
C. An individual shall not be deemed " unemployed"  if the individual is receiving wages in lieu of notice or severance pay. The period of time for which wages in lieu of notice or severance pay are allocable shall be determined by either of the following:
1. If there was a written contract between the employer and the claimant in effect at the time of separation,  allocate to the appropriate period in accordance with the contract,  continuing for the number of work days that the pay would cover at the regular wage or salary rate.
2. If no written contract was in effect at the time of separation,  allocate to the appropriate period following the last day of performance of services,  continuing for the number of work days that the pay would cover at the regular wage or salary rate.
D. For the purposes of this section,  " severance pay"  includes all amounts that an employer pays to an employee due to the employee's resignation,  termination or participation in an exit incentive program or inclusion in a reduction in force or in consideration for the employee's release of actual or potential claims for the termination of employment. Severance pay does not include any amounts that the employer pays for health benefits or pursuant to any employee benefit plan.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Labor › § 23-627 - Exhaustee

23-627.
Exhaustee
A. " Exhaustee"  means an individual who,  with respect to any week of unemployment in his eligibility period:
1. Has received prior to such week,  all of the regular benefits that were available to him in his current benefit year that includes such week;  or his benefit year having expired prior to such week,  has no,  or insufficient wages on the basis of which he could establish a new benefit year that would include such week;  and
2. Has no right to unemployment benefits or allowances,  as the case may be,  under the railroad unemployment insurance act,  the trade expansion act of 1962,  the automotive products trade act of 1965,  and such other federal laws as are specified in regulations issued by the United States secretary of labor;  and has not received and is not seeking unemployment benefits under the unemployment compensation law of Canada,  but if he is seeking such benefits and the appropriate agency finally determines that he is not entitled to benefits under such law he is considered an exhaustee.
B. For the purposes of paragraph 1 of subsection A,  an individual shall be deemed to have received all of the regular benefits that were available to him although as a result of a pending protest or appeal with respect to wages that were not included in the original monetary determination in his benefit year,  he may subsequently be determined to be entitled to added regular benefits.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Labor › § 23-628 - Extended benefit period

23-628.
Extended benefit period
A. " Extended benefit period"  means a period which:
1. Begins with the third week after a week for which there is an Arizona on indicator;  and
2. Ends with either of the following weeks,  whichever occurs later:
(a) The third week after the first week for which there is an Arizona off indicator;  or
(b) The thirteenth consecutive week of such period.
B. No extended benefit period may begin by reason of an Arizona on indicator before the fourteenth week following the end of a prior extended benefit period which was in effect with respect to this state.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Labor › § 23-630 - On and off indicators

23-630.
On and off indicators
A. There is an Arizona on indicator for a week if the department determines,  in accordance with the regulations of the United States secretary of labor,  that for the period consisting of such week and the immediately preceding twelve weeks:
1. The rate of insured unemployment in this state,  not seasonally adjusted:
(a) Equaled or exceeded one hundred twenty per cent of the average of such rates for the corresponding thirteen-week period ending in each of the preceding two calendar years,  and
(b) Equaled or exceeded five per cent;  or
2. The rate of insured unemployment in this state,  not seasonally adjusted,  equaled or exceeded six per cent;  or
3. With respect to benefits for weeks of unemployment beginning after January 31,  2009:
(a) The average rate of total unemployment,  seasonally adjusted,  according to the United States secretary of labor,  for the period consisting of the most recent three months for which data for all states are published before the close of such week equals or exceeds six and one-half per cent;  and
(b) The average rate of total unemployment in this state,  seasonally adjusted,  according to the United States secretary of labor,  for the three month period described in subdivision (a) of this paragraph,  equals or exceeds one hundred ten per cent of such average for either or both the corresponding three month periods ending in the two preceding calendar years.
B. There is an Arizona off indicator for a week unless the department determines in accordance with the regulations of the United States secretary of labor that for the period consisting of such week and the immediately preceding twelve weeks the conditions of subsection A,  paragraph 1,  2 or 3 are satisfied.
C. Subsection A,  paragraph 3 only applies from and after January 31,  2009 until the week ending three weeks before the last week the federal sharing is authorized by Public Law 111-5,  section 2005(a) or the week ending December 12,  2009,  whichever is later.
D. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter,  the governor shall suspend the payment of extended benefits under this chapter to the extent necessary to ensure that otherwise eligible individuals are not denied,  in whole or in part,  the receipt of emergency unemployment compensation benefits authorized by the federal supplemental appropriations act of 2008 (P.L. 110-252),  the unemployment compensation extension act of 2008 (P.L. 110-449) and the American recovery and reinvestment act of 2009 (P.L. 111-5) and that this state receives the maximum reimbursement from the federal government for the payment of those emergency benefits.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Labor › § 23-631 - Rate of insured unemployment; definition

23-631.
Rate of insured unemployment;  definition
" Rate of insured unemployment"  for purposes of section 23-630 means the percentage derived by dividing:
1. The average weekly number of individuals filing claims for regular benefits in this state for weeks of unemployment with respect to the most recent thirteen-consecutive-week period determined on the basis of reports submitted by the department to the United States secretary of labor,  by
2. The average monthly employment covered under this chapter for the first four of the most recent six completed calendar quarters ending before the end of such thirteen-week period.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Labor › § 23-634 - Eligibility requirements for extended benefits

23-634.
Eligibility requirements for extended benefits
A. An individual shall be eligible to receive extended benefits with respect to any week of unemployment in his eligibility period only if the department finds that with respect to such week:
1. He is an exhaustee as defined in section 23-627,  and
2. He has satisfied the requirements of this chapter for the receipt of regular benefits that are applicable to individuals claiming extended benefits,  including not being subject to a disqualification for the receipt of benefits.
3. He has,  in the base period of his claim for regular benefits,  total wages of at least one and one-half times the wages in his highest quarter,  or total wages that exceed forty times his most recent weekly benefit amount established pursuant to this chapter.
B. Extended benefits are not payable pursuant to an interstate claim filed under the interstate benefit payment plan unless an extended benefit period is in effect in the state of filing for the week for which the claim is filed,  except that an individual who is otherwise eligible may receive extended benefits for not more than two weeks of unemployment during his eligibility period pursuant to interstate claims filed in an area where an extended benefit period is not in effect.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Labor › § 23-634.01 - Denial of benefits for failure to accept suitable work or actively seek work; definition

23-634.01.
Denial of benefits for failure to accept suitable work or actively seek work;  definition
A. Notwithstanding section 23-776,  an individual who is found by the department,  with respect to any week in an eligibility period which begins from and after April 4,  1981,  to have failed to apply for or accept available suitable work to which he was referred by the department or to have failed to actively engage in seeking work is disqualified from receiving extended benefits. The disqualification shall begin with the week in which the failure occurred and continue until the individual has been employed in each of four subsequent weeks,  whether or not consecutive,  and has earned remuneration equal to not less than four times his weekly benefit amount.
B. An individual shall not be denied extended benefits for failure to accept an offer of or apply for available suitable work as defined in subsection G of this section,  if:
1. The position was not offered to the individual in writing or was not listed with the department.
2. The failure would not result in a denial of benefits under section 23-776 to the extent that the criteria of suitability in section 23-776 are not inconsistent with this section.
C. If an individual furnishes evidence satisfactory to the department that prospects for obtaining work in his customary occupation within a reasonably short period are good,  the determination of whether any work is suitable with respect to the individual shall be made in accordance with the provisions of section 23-776 without reference to the definition contained in this section.
D. Work shall not be considered suitable work under this section if it would not be considered suitable under section 23-776,  subsection C.
E. For the purposes of this section,  an individual shall be treated as actively engaged in seeking work during any week if the department finds from tangible evidence provided by the individual that he has engaged in a systematic and sustained effort to obtain work during such week.
F. The department shall refer an individual entitled to extended benefits under this chapter to any work which is suitable work.
G. For the purposes of this section,  " suitable work"  with respect to any individual means work within the individual's capabilities in which:
1. The gross average weekly wages payable for the work exceed the sum of the individual's weekly benefit amount plus the amount of any supplemental unemployment benefits payable to the individual for such week.
2. The wages for the work are at least equal to the higher of:
(a) The minimum wages provided by section 6(a)(1) of the fair labor standards act of 1938,  without regard to any exemption.
(b) The state or local minimum wage.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Labor › § 23-636 - Total extended benefit amount; certain adjustments

23-636.
Total extended benefit amount;  certain adjustments
A. Except as provided in subsection D of this section,  the total extended benefit amount payable to an eligible individual with respect to his applicable benefit year shall be the least of the following amounts:
1. Fifty per cent of the total amount of regular benefits which were payable to him under this chapter in his applicable benefit year;  or
2. Thirteen times his weekly benefit amount which was payable to him under this chapter for a week of total unemployment in the applicable benefit year.
B. If the amount computed in accordance with subsection A or D of this section is not a multiple of one dollar,  it shall be computed to the next lower multiple of one dollar.
C. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter,  if the benefit year of an individual ends within an extended benefit period,  the remaining balance of extended benefits that such individual would be entitled to receive in that extended benefit period,  with respect to weeks of unemployment beginning after the end of the benefit year,  shall be reduced by the product of the number of weeks for which the individual received any trade readjustment allowances within that benefit year,  multiplied by the individual's weekly extended benefit amount.
D. With respect to a high unemployment period,  the amounts in subsection A of this section shall be applied by substituting the following:
1. In subsection A,  paragraph 1 of this section,  eighty for fifty.
2. In subsection A,  paragraph 2 of this section,  twenty for thirteen.
E. Subsection D of this section only applies from and after January 31,  2009 until the week ending three weeks before the last week the federal sharing is authorized by Public Law 111-5,  section 2005(a) or the week ending December 12,  2009,  whichever is later.
F. For the purposes of subsection D of this section,  " high unemployment period"  means any period during which an extended benefit period applies if eight per cent is substituted for six and one-half per cent in section 23-630,  subsection A,  paragraph 3,  subdivision (a).
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Labor › § 23-637 - Beginning and termination of extended benefit period

23-637.
Beginning and termination of extended benefit period
A. Whenever an extended benefit period is to become effective in this state as a result of an Arizona on indicator,  or an extended benefit period is to be terminated in this state as a result of an Arizona off indicator,  the department shall make an appropriate public announcement.
B. Computations required by the provisions of section 23-631 shall be made in accordance with regulations prescribed by the department and the United States secretary of labor.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Labor › § 23-638 - Credits and charges to employer accounts

23-638.
Credits and charges to employer accounts
Extended benefits paid to an individual shall be charged against the accounts of his base-period employers in the same manner and under the same conditions as regular benefits except that:
1. One-half of the total charges to a base-period employer other than a government entity referred to in section 23-750,  subsection A,  paragraph 2,  for extended benefits paid to an individual shall not be used as a factor in determining the future contribution rate of such employer. If the base-period employer is a governmental entity,  the total charges against such governmental base-period employer for extended benefits paid for weeks of unemployment beginning on or after January 1,  1979,  shall be used as a factor in determining the future contribution rate of such governmental employer.
2. One-half of the extended benefits paid to an individual which are based on base-period wages paid by an employing unit other than a governmental entity referred to in section 23-750,  subsection A,  paragraph 2,  which is making payments in lieu of contributions shall not be reimbursable to the department by such employing unit. A governmental entity which is making payments in lieu of contributions shall reimburse the department for the total amount of extended benefits paid for weeks of unemployment beginning on or after January 1,  1979,  to an individual which are based on base-period wages paid by such governmental entity.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Labor › § 23-642 - Compromise of claims for contributions

23-642.
Compromise of claims for contributions
The department may compromise a claim for contributions or payments in lieu of contributions more than two years in arrears,  or an action in relation thereto. When a compromise is made,  there shall be placed in the files thereof a statement of the amount of contributions or payments in lieu of contributions due,  the amount assessed,  the amount of additional contributions,  penalty and interest imposed by law in consequence of the neglect or delinquency of the employer in question and the amount actually paid in accordance with the terms of the compromise.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Labor › § 23-643 - Extensions of time; regulations

23-643.
Extensions of time;  regulations
A. Whenever in this chapter a period of time is specified for submitting any payment,  appeal,  application,  request,  notice,  objection,  petition,  report or other information or document,  the department may extend such period of time if the party establishes to the satisfaction of the department that the failure to make a timely submission was due to the delay or other action of the United States postal service or its successor.
B. The department shall adopt and may amend,  modify or repeal regulations governing the extension of time authorized by this section.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Labor › § 23-645 - State-federal cooperation

23-645.
State-federal cooperation
In the administration of this chapter,  the department shall:
1. Cooperate with the United States department of labor to the fullest extent consistent with the provisions of this chapter;
2. Take such action as may be necessary to secure to this state and its citizens all advantages available under the provisions of the social security act that relate to unemployment compensation,  the federal unemployment tax act,  the Wagner-Peyser act and the federal-state extended unemployment compensation act of 1970;
3. Comply with the regulations prescribed by the United States department of labor relating to the receipt or expenditure by this state of money granted under any of such acts;  and
4. Make such reports,  in such form and containing such information as the secretary of labor may from time to time require and comply with such provisions as the secretary of labor may find from time to time necessary to assure the correctness and verification of such reports.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Labor › § 23-648 - Manpower services

23-648.
Manpower services
A. There shall be established and maintained by the department free public employment offices in such number and in such places as may be necessary for the proper administration of this chapter and for the purpose of performing such duties as are within the purview of the act of Congress entitled " an act to provide for the establishment of a national employment system and for cooperation with the states in the promotion of such system,  and for other purposes"  approved June 6,  1933.
B. The provisions of the act of Congress,  as amended,  referred to in subsection A,  are accepted by this state in conformity with section 4 of such act,  and this state will observe and comply with the requirements thereof.
C. The department is designated and constituted the agency of this state for the purpose of the act of Congress,  as amended,  referred to in subsection A. The department shall cooperate with any official or agency of the United States having powers or duties under the provisions of the act of Congress,  as amended,  and shall do and perform all things necessary to secure to this state the benefits of that act,  as amended,  in the promotion and maintenance of a system of public employment offices.
D. The department shall not engage in any activity under this section not prescribed by federal or state law or federal regulation.
E. The department shall not participate or engage in radio,  television or newspaper advertising of specific job openings unless prescribed pursuant to federal law.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Labor › § 23-649 - Acquisition of lands and buildings

23-649.
Acquisition of lands and buildings
A. The department may acquire for and in the name of the state by lease purchase agreement,  or otherwise,  lands or buildings for the purpose of providing office space for units of the department performing functions provided by this chapter at such places as the department finds necessary and suitable.
B. An agreement made for the purchase of the premises mentioned in subsection A of this section shall be subject to the approval of the attorney general as to form and as to title thereto and shall not subject the state to liability for payment of the purchase price or any part or portion thereof except from monies allocated to the state by the United States department of labor for the administration of this chapter.
C. All monies received from the United States for the payments authorized by this section for lands and buildings shall be deposited,  pursuant to sections 35-146 and 35-147,  in the employment security administration fund and are appropriated therefrom for purposes of this chapter. Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter,  monies received from the unemployment trust fund pursuant to section 903 of the social security act,  as amended,  are not liable or subject to appropriation,  except in accordance with the provisions of subsection E of section 23-704.
D. If the premises are purchased pursuant to this chapter,  the employment security commission or such other department of the state performing its functions,  shall be housed therein,  or if it is desirable to move the employment security commission,  other substantially similar space will be furnished by the state to the commission without further payment therefor by the United States.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Labor › § 23-654 - Availability of records to foreign agency

23-654.
Availability of records to foreign agency
Records and necessary authentication thereof required in the prosecution of a criminal action brought by another state or foreign government for misrepresentation to obtain benefits under the law of this state,  or for collecting amounts that the claimant is liable to repay under the law of this state,  shall be made available to the agency administering the employment security law of any such state or foreign government for the purpose of prosecution and collection.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Labor › § 23-656 - Enforcement of chapter

23-656.
Enforcement of chapter
A. In a civil action to enforce the provisions of this chapter,  the commission and the state may be represented by any qualified attorney who is a regular salaried employee of the commission and is designated by it for this purpose or,  at the commission's request,  by the attorney general.
B. All criminal actions for violation of any provision of this chapter,  or of any rules or regulations issued pursuant thereto,  shall be prosecuted by the attorney general,  or,  at his request and under his direction,  by the county attorney of the county in which the employer has a place of business or the violator resides.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Labor › § 23-657 - Violations; classification

23-657.
Violations;  classification
Any person who knowingly violates any provision of this chapter,  or any rule or regulation thereunder,  the violation of which is made unlawful or the observance of which is required under the terms of this chapter,  and for which a penalty is neither prescribed in this chapter nor provided by any other applicable statute,  is guilty of a class 3 misdemeanor. Each day such violation continues shall be a separate offense.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Labor › § 23-671 - Appeal tribunals

23-671.
Appeal tribunals
A. The department shall establish one or more impartial appeal tribunals to hear and decide disputed claims. Such appeal tribunals shall consist in each case of one member who shall be a salaried examiner selected on a nonpartisan merit basis. A person shall not participate on behalf of the department in any case in which he is an interested party.
B. Within a reasonable time before the date set for a hearing,  any interested party to a hearing before the appeal tribunal may file an affidavit for change of appeal tribunal and the department shall immediately transfer the matter to another appeal tribunal. An interested party may electronically file the affidavit for change of appeal tribunal under this subsection. Reasonable time shall be established by regulation. Except for cause not more than one change of appeal tribunal shall be granted to any one party.
C. An appeal tribunal may refer any case before it or any question involved therein to the appeals board established pursuant to section 23-672.
D. Unless an appeal is withdrawn or the proceedings are removed or referred to the appeals board,  an appeal tribunal,  after giving reasonable notice and affording all interested parties reasonable opportunity for a fair hearing,  shall make a decision. The parties to the appeal shall be promptly notified of the decision and the reasons for the decision. The decision shall become final unless within thirty days after mailing or electronic transmission of the decision any interested party files a written or electronically transmitted petition for review with the appeals board or the appeals board assumes jurisdiction in accordance with subsection E of this section.
E. Before the date on which an appeal tribunal decision becomes final,  the appeals board on its own motion may,  by notice mailed to all interested parties,  either:
1. Set aside the decision of the appeal tribunal and remand the proceedings to another appeal tribunal for review and decision.
2. Order the taking of additional evidence.
3. Remove the proceedings to itself for review and decision.
F. If the appeals board removes a case to itself pursuant to this section,  the appeals board may order the taking of additional evidence and may affirm,  reverse,  modify or set aside the decision of the appeal tribunal. The appeals board shall promptly notify the parties to the proceedings of its decision.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Labor › § 23-672 - Appeals board

23-672.
Appeals board
A. Within the department,  an appeals board is established consisting of three members. The director shall appoint the members of the appeals board and shall designate one member to serve as chairman.
B. Hearings conducted by or at the direction of the appeals board shall be conducted as provided by section 23-674 and other provisions of this chapter. The department shall prescribe by rule the procedures for petitioning for review,  removal of cases to the board and appeals under section 23-673. An interested party may file either a written or electronic petition for review. On the filing of a petition for review,  the department shall prepare a complete record unless the parties stipulate otherwise.
C. In any case in which a petition for review of an appeal tribunal or hearing officer decision has been filed by an interested party,  the appeals board may remand the case to any appeal tribunal or hearing officer for further proceedings or may review the matter on the basis of the record in the case,  take additional evidence or rehear the matter and affirm,  reverse,  modify or set aside the decision of the appeal tribunal or hearing officer. On notice to the interested parties,  a petition for review may be reviewed by one member of the appeals board designated by the chairman. If an interested party objects to review by one board member,  the matter shall be heard by three members of the appeals board.
D. Unless a petition for hearing or review of a department determination made under article 5 of this chapter is withdrawn,  the appeals board after affording the parties reasonable opportunity for a fair hearing shall issue its decision.
E. Every decision of the appeals board shall be in writing. If the decision is issued by at least two concurring members of the appeals board,  and the appeals board is not unanimous,  the decision of the majority shall control. The minority may file a dissent from the decision,  setting forth the reasons for the dissent. All interested parties shall be promptly notified of the decision and the reasons for the decision. Notice to the parties of the decision shall be accompanied by instructions explaining the procedure for review pursuant to section 41-1993.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Labor › § 23-672.01 - Effect of finding, judgment, conclusion or order in separate or subsequent action or proceeding; use as evidence

23-672.01.
Effect of finding,  judgment,  conclusion or order in separate or subsequent action or proceeding;  use as evidence
Any finding of fact or law,  judgment,  conclusion or final order made by a hearing officer,  an administrative law judge or any person with the authority to make findings of fact or law in any action or proceeding before the department or the appeals board pursuant to this chapter is not conclusive or binding in any separate or subsequent action or proceeding and shall not be used as evidence in any separate or subsequent action or proceeding between an individual and the individual's present or former employer brought before an arbitrator,  court or judge of this state or the United States,  regardless of whether the prior action or proceeding was between the same or related parties or involved the same facts.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Labor › § 23-673 - Determination of claim on unemployment due to labor dispute

23-673.
Determination of claim on unemployment due to labor dispute
A. In any case in which the payment or denial of benefits will be determined by section 23-777,  the deputy shall proceed as provided in section 23-773. His examination of the case may be by investigation or by affording the parties reasonable opportunity for a fair hearing.
B. The determination of the deputy thereupon shall be treated for all purposes as any other determination of a deputy made pursuant to section 23-773,  except that a timely appeal therefrom is removed to the appeals board.
C. If the determination appealed from was based on a fair hearing,  the hearing officer may make his recommendation and the appeals board may make its decision on the basis of the evidence previously submitted.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Labor › § 23-675 - Depositions; oaths; attendance of witnesses; production of papers

23-675.
Depositions;  oaths;  attendance of witnesses;  production of papers
In the discharge of the duties imposed by this chapter,  the appeal tribunal,  appeals board or any duly authorized representative of the department may administer oaths and affirmations,  take depositions,  certify to official acts and issue subpoenas to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of books,  papers,  correspondence,  memoranda and other records deemed necessary as evidence in connection with a disputed claim or the administration of this chapter. Duly authorized employees or representatives of the department or peace officers may serve subpoenas issued pursuant to this section.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Labor › § 23-676 - Failure to obey commission subpoena; classification

23-676.
Failure to obey commission subpoena;  classification
Any person who without just cause knowingly fails or refuses to attend and testify or to answer any lawful inquiry or to produce books,  papers,  correspondence,  memoranda and other records,  if it is in his power so to do,  in obedience to a subpoena of the commission is guilty of a class 3 misdemeanor. Each day such violation continues shall be a separate offense.