When a worker is separated due to a reduction of the workforce, regardless of business conditions requiring the separation, the worker is eligible for benefits and the employer is liable for charges. This is true even if the separation is the end of a temporary assignment or seasonal employment and both parties agreed to the arrangement at the time of hire.

KEY: unemployment compensation, rates

Date of Last Change: January 1, 2002

Notice of Continuation: March 22, 2023

Authorizing, and Implemented or Interpreted Law: 35A-4-303; 35A-4-306; 35A-4-405(2)(a); 35A-4-502(1)(b)