- (1) "Act" means the Employment Security Act, Title 35A, Chapter 4.
- (2) "ALJ" means Administrative Law Judge.
- (3) "Appeals Unit" means the Department of Workforce Services, Division of Adjudication and Appeals.
- (4) "Board" means the Workforce Appeals Board.
- (5) "Bona fide employment" means work that was an authentic employer-employee relationship entered into in good faith without fraud or deceit rather than an arrangement or report of non-existent work calculated to overcome a disqualification.
- (6) "Burden of Proof" means the person or party that has the initial responsibility to show that the fact at issue is worthy of belief. Burden of proof requires proof by a preponderance of the evidence.
- (7) "Calendar quarter" means the period of three consecutive calendar months ending on March 31, June 30, September 30, or December 31.
- (8) "Claimant" means an individual who has applied for unemployment insurance benefits.
- (9) "Covered employment" means employment subject to a state or federal unemployment insurance laws which can be used to establish monetary eligibility for unemployment insurance benefits. Active military duty in a full time branch of the United States military service can be used if the ex-servicemember was honorably discharged and completed the servicemember's first full term of service, or if the separation meets the requirements of 5 U.S.C. 8521(a)(1)(B)(ii)(I) through (IV) and 20 CFR 614.
- (10) "Department" means the Department of Workforce Services.
- (11) "Employment Center" means an office operated by the Department.
- (12) "Itinerant service" means a service maintained by the Department at specified intervals and at designated outlying points within the jurisdiction of an Employment Center.
- (13) "Local office" means the Employment Center of any geographical area.
- (14) "MBA" means maximum benefit amount.
- (15) "Person" means any governmental entity, individual, corporation, partnership, or association.
- (16) "Preponderance of Evidence" means evidence which is of greater weight or more convincing than the evidence which is offered in opposition to it, more convincing to the mind, evidence that best accords with reason or probability. Preponderance means more than weight; it denotes a superiority of reliability. Opportunity for knowledge, information possessed, and manner of testifying determines the weight of testimony.
- (17) "Separation" means curtailment of employment to the extent that the individual meets the definition of "unemployed" as stated in Subsection 35A-4-207(1) with respect to any week.
- (18) "Transitional Claim" means a claim that is filed effective the day after the prior claim ends provided an eligible weekly claim was filed for the last week of the prior claim.
- (19) "WBA" means weekly benefit amount.
The terms used in Title R994 are defined in Title 35A, Chapter 4, Part 2, Definitions. In addition:
KEY: unemployment compensation, definitions
Date of Last Change: October 4, 2022
Notice of Continuation: March 22, 2023
Authorizing, and Implemented or Interpreted Law: 35A-4-201