- (1) A claimant is ineligible for unemployment insurance benefits or waiting week credit after a disqualification for fraud until any overpayment and penalty established in conjunction with the disqualification has been satisfied in full.
- (2) Wage credits earned by the claimant cannot be used to pay unemployment insurance benefits or transferred to another state until the overpayment and penalty are satisfied.
- (3) An outstanding overpayment or penalty may not be satisfied by deductions from benefit payments for weeks claimed after the disqualification period ends, as a claimant is precluded from receiving any future unemployment insurance benefits or waiting week credit as long as there is an outstanding fraud overpayment.
- (4) A claimant may file a new claim to preserve a particular benefit year.
- (5) An overpayment is considered satisfied as of the beginning of the week during which payment is received by the Department.
- (6) Unemployment insurance benefits will be allowed as of the effective date of a new claim if the claimant repays the overpayment and penalty within seven days of the date the notice of the outstanding overpayment and penalty is issued.
KEY: overpayments, unemployment compensation
Date of Last Change: March 31, 2022
Notice of Continuation: May 2, 2022
Authorizing, and Implemented or Interpreted Law: 35A-4-406(2); 35A-4-406(3); 35A-4-406(4); 35A-4-406(5)