Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 40 - LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT
Part IV - Employment Security
Subpart 1 - Board of Review
Chapter 3 - Employment Security Law
Section IV-349 - Contribution and Wage Reports Covering Seamen and Seamen's Wages Paid under Shipping Articles

Universal Citation: LA Admin Code IV-349

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

A. Pay Period. For the purpose of this regulation the term "pay period" established by "Shipping Articles" means the period of the voyage or engagement of the crew under "Articles of Agreement" pursuant to Title 46 of the United States Code.

B. Current Reports. Notwithstanding any other provision of other regulations, contribution reports and wage reports with respect to wages earned in any pay period established by Shipping Articles shall be submitted as follows.

1. The total amount of such wages shall be included in the wage report and contribution report for the calendar quarter in which such period terminates together with all other wages paid during such quarter.

2. If the pay period established under shipping articles includes more than one calendar quarter, the beginning dates of such pay period shall be shown opposite the amount of wages reported.

3. For the purpose of obtaining eligibility for and the amount of benefits, the wages so reported shall be prorated among the calendar quarters in which the wages were earned according to the length of employment in each of such quarters.

C. Special Reports. The employer shall, upon request of the administrator, promptly furnish a statement of the wages of a seaman, whenever such statement is necessary in order to determine such seaman's eligibility for and rate of benefits. If such a statement includes wages which have not previously been included in a wage report and have been earned in a pay period extending over more than one calendar quarter, such wages shall be reported and prorated as set forth in §349. B.2

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 23:1471-1713.

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