Alaska Administrative Code
Title 8 - Labor and Workforce Development
Part 7 - Employment Security Division and Alaska Workforce Investment Board
Chapter 85 - Employment Security
8 AAC 85.255 - Requalification requirements

Universal Citation: 8 AK Admin Code 8 AAC 85.255

Current through August 30, 2024

(a) Under AS 23.20.381(g), an individual is required to perform services and earn wages equal to eight times his or her weekly benefit amount after the beginning of the benefit year in order to requalify for benefits in a successive benefit year. The benefit amount of the first benefit year will be used to determine if the requalification requirement has been met.

(b) The following kinds of remuneration may not be used to requalify under AS 23.20.381(g):

(1) bonuses, dismissal pay, vacation pay, back pay awards, terminal or accrued leave, or any other remuneration that is not payment for services performed after the beginning of the first benefit year; or

(2) interest income, earnings from capital, or any other payment that is not wages under AS 23.20.530.

(c) The service used to requalify under AS 23.20.381(g) need not be in employment covered by AS 23.20. However, the following kinds of service may not be used to requalify:

(1) jury duty;

(2) self employment; or

(3) family employment that is excluded from coverage under AS 23.20.526(a)(4).

Authority:AS 23.20.045

AS 23.20.381

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