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100 Coverage
200 Taxation
300 Benefits
400 Eligibility
500 Administrative Organization
600 Temporary Disability Insurance ...
700 Unemployment Insurance Based on Service ...
800 Federal Training Allowance ...

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Index


Section 100

100 Coverage
105 Employers Covered
110 Coverage by Reason of Federal Requirement
  • Coverage of nonprofit organizations
  • Coverage of governmental entities,
115 Employer-Employee Relationship 120 Location of Employment
  • Election of coverage of services performed outside the State
  • Coverage of services performed outside the United States
  • Election of coverage through reciprocal coverage arrangements
125 Employment Specifically Excluded
  • Agricultural labor
  • Domestic service
  • Service for relatives
  • Service of students and spouses of students
  • Service of patients for hospitals
  • Service for Federal instrumentalities
  • Maritime workers
  • Coverage of service by reason of Federal coverage
  • Voluntary coverage of excluded employments
  • Self-employment
130 Coverage of Officers of Corporations

Coverage Table
101 State coverage resulting from changes in Federal laws
102 Coverage as determined by employer-employee relationship
103 Significant miscellaneous employment exclusions
104 Exclusions from service for State and local governments PDF | HTML


Section 200

200 Taxation
205 Source of Funds
  • Employer contributions
  • Standard rates
  • Taxable wage base
  • Employee contributions
  • Financing of administration
  • Special State funds
210 Type of Fund
215 Experience Rating
  • Federal requirements for experience rating
  • State requirements for experience rating
220 Types of Formulas for Experience Rating
    Reserve-ratio formula
  • Benefit-ratio formula
  • Benefit-wage-ratio formula
  • Payroll variation plan
225 Transfer of Employers" Experience
230 Differences in Charging Methods
  • Charging most recent employers
  • Charging base-period employers in inverse chronological order
  • Charges in proportion to base-period wages
235 Noncharging of Benefits
240 Requirements for Reduced Rates
  • Prerequisites for any reduced rates
  • Requirements for reduced rates for individual employers
245 Rates and Rate Schedules
  • Fund requirements for rates and rate schedules
  • Rate reduction through voluntary contributions
  • Computation dates and effective dates
  • Minimum rates
  • Maximum rates
  • Limitation on rate increases
250 Special Provisions for Financing Benefits Paid to Employees of Nonprofit Organizations and State and Local Governments
  • Nonprofit organizations
  • State and local governments
Taxation Tables
200 Years of benefits, contributions, and payrolls used in computing rates by type of experience-rating formula and selected experience-rating provisions PDF | HTML
201 Computation of flexible taxable wage bases PDF | HTML
202 Computation date, effective date, period of time to qualify for experience-rating and reduced rates for new employers
203 Transfer of experience for employer rates PDF | HTML
204 benefits or benefit derivatives PDF | HTML
205 Fund requirements for most and least favorable schedules and range of rates for those schedules PDF | HTML
206 Surtaxes
207 Fund requirements for any reduction from standard rate
208 Bond or deposit required of employers electing reimbursement
209 Financing provisions for governmental entities


Section 300

300 Benefits
305 Base Period and Benefit Year
  • Types of benefit years
  • Types of base periods
  • Lag between base period and benefit year
310 Qualifying Wages or Employment
  • Multiple of the weekly benefit or high-quarter wages
  • Flat qualifying amount
  • Weeks of employment
  • Requalifying requirements
315 Waiting Period
320 Weekly Benefit Amount
  • Formulas for computing weekly benefits
  • Flexible maximum weekly benefits
  • Flexible minimum weekly benefits
325 Benefits for Partial Unemployment
330 Dependents Allowances
  • Definition of dependent
  • Amount of weekly dependents allowances
  • Dependents allowances for partially unemployed workers
  • Relation of dependents allowances and duration
335 Duration of Benefits
  • Formulas for variable duration
  • Minimum weeks of benefits
  • Maximum weeks of benefits
  • Other limits on duration
  • Maximum potential benefits in a benefit year
  • Federal-State extended benefits
  • State programs for extended duration
340 Seasonal Employment and Benefits
345 Interstate Benefit Arrangements
  • Interstate benefit payment plan
  • Wage combining arrangement
350 Worksharing
355 Self-employment Assistance Program
360 Health Care Coverage
365 Dislocated Workers


Benefit Tables
300 Base period and benefit year
301 Wage and employment requirements for benefits
302 Additional qualifying requirements in successive benefit years
303 Waiting-period requirements
304 Weekly benefits for total unemployment
305 Flexible maximum provisions
306 Weekly benefits for partial unemployment
307 Dependents included under provisions for dependents allowances
308 Allowances for dependents
309 Duration of benefits in a benefit year


Section 400

400
Eligibility
405 Ability to Work
410 Availability for Work
415 Actively Seeking Work
420 Availability During Training
425 Disqualification From Benefits
430 Disqualification for Voluntarily Leaving Work
  • Good cause for voluntary leaving
  • Period of disqualification
  • Reduction of benefit rights
  • Relation to availability provisions
435 Discharge for Misconduct Connected with the Work
  • Period of disqualification
  • 02-Disqualification for gross misconduct
440 Disqualification for a Refusal of Suitable Work
  • Criteria for suitable work
  • Period of disqualification
445 Labor Disputes
  • Definition of labor dispute
  • Location of the dispute
  • Period of disqualification
  • Exclusion of individual workers
450 Disqualification of Special Groups
  • Individuals with marital obligations
  • Students
  • School personnel
  • Professional athletes
  • Aliens
455 Disqualification for Fraudulent Misrepresentation To Obtain Benefits
  • Recovery provisions
  • Criminal penalties
  • Disqualification for misrepresentation
460 Disqualifying income
  • Wages in lieu of notice and dismissal payments
  • Workmen's compensation payments
  • Retirement payments
  • Supplemental unemployment payments
  • Relationship with other statutory provisions
Eligibility Tables
400 Ability to work, availability for work, and seeking work requirements
401 Disqualification for voluntary leaving, good cause, and disqualification imposed
401.1 Good cause for voluntary leaving includes
402 Disqualification for discharge for misconduct
403 Disqualification for discharge for gross misconduct
404 Refusal of suitable work
405 Disqualification for unemployment caused by labor dispute
406 Disqualification provisions for marital obligations
407 Special provisions for students and school employees
408 Penalties for fraudulent misrepresentation: Fine or imprisonment or both in amounts and periods specified
409 Disqualification for fraudulent misrepresentation to obtain benefits
410A Effect of disqualifying income on weekly benefit amount
410B Effect of pensions on weekly benefit amount


Section 500

500 Administrative Organization
505 Place of the Employment Security Agency in the State Government
  • Independent board or commission
  • Independent departments of State government
  • In State department of labor or other agency
  • Merit selection of employees
510 Advisory Councils
  • Purpose of advisory councils
  • Representation on councils
  • Special councils
515 Appeal Authorities
  • First appeals stage
  • Second appeals stage
  • Judicial review
520 Disclosure of Information

Adminstration Tables
500 organization of state employment security agencies:
  Independent commission or board
  Independent department of State government
  In State department of labor or State workmen's compensation agency
501 State and local advisory councils
502 Appeals authorities and time limitation for review:
  Administrative appeals
  Judicial review


Section 600

600 Temporary Disability Insurance Coordinated With Unemployment Insurance
605 Definition of Disability
  • Types of disability excluded
  • Uninterrupted period of disability
610 Coverage
615 Financing
  • Type of fund
  • Amount of contributions
  • Financing benefits for disability during unemployment
  • Administrative costs
620 Benefit Provisions
  • Benefit year and base period
  • Qualifying wage or employment
  • Weekly benefit amount and duration of benefits
  • Waiting period
  • Part weeks of disability
  • Benefits under private plans
  • Survivors benefits
625 Disqualification and Nonmonetary Eligibility Provisions
  • Eligibility requirements in addition to wages
  • Relationship to workmen"s compensation
  • Effect of other types of income on eligibility
630 Administration

Disability Tables
600 Significant provisions of temporary disability insurance laws


Section 700

700 Unemployment Insurance Based on Service for the United States
705 Unemployment Compensation for Federal Civilian Employees and for Ex-Servicemen
  • Unemployment compensation for Federal civilian employees
  • Unemployment compensation for ex-servicemen
Section 800

800 Federal Training Allowances And Readjustment Programs
805 Trade Readjustment Allowances (TRA
  • Certification process
  • Qualifying requirements
  • Duration
  • Subsistence and transportation allowances
  • Relocation allowances
  • Job search allowances
810 Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA)
  • Eligibility
  • Disaster assistance period
  • Weekly assistance amount
  • Deductions8-2
Index


Abbreviations used in the tables
AAW Average Annual Wage
Admin Administration
AWW Average Weekly Wage
BP Base Period
BPW Base-Period Wages
BY Benefit Year
Clmnt Claimant
Consec Consecutive
CQ Calendar Quarter
CY Calendar Year
Dep Dependent
DA Dependents Allowance
DI Disability Insurance
Emplmt Employment
EB Extended Benefits
EE Employee
ER Employer
FUTA Federal Unemployment Tax Act
HR Hour
HQ High Quarter
HQW High-Quarter Wages
Min Minimum
Max Maximum
PT Part Time
Sched Schedule
UI Unemployment Insurance
WBA Weekly Benefit Amount
W Week
Wk Week
WF Week of filing
WW Week of waiting
Yr Year
AL Alabama
AK Alaska
AZ Arizona
AR Arkansas
CA California
CO Colorado
CT Connecticut
DL Delaware
DC District of Columbia
FL Florida
GA Georgia
HI Hawaii
ID Idaho
IL Illinois
IN Indiana
IA Iowa
KS Kansas
KY Kentucky
LA Louisiana
ME Maine
MD Maryland
MA Massachuttes
MI Michigan
MN Minnesota
MS Mississippi
MO Missouri
MT Montana
NE Nebraska
NV Nevada
NH New Hampshire
NJ New Jersey
NM New Mexico
NY New York
NC North Carolina
ND North Dakota
OH Ohio
OK Oklahoma
OR Oregon
PA Pennsylvania
PR Puerto Rico
RI Rhode Island
SC South Carolina
SD South Dakota
TN Tennessee
TX Texas
UT Utah
VT Vermont
VA Virginia
VI Virgin Islands
WA Washngton
WV West Virginia
WI Wisconsin
WY Wyoming


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Created: March 29, 2004

Updated: April 4, 2008