HAR §12-5-99. Definitions

Unless the context otherwise requires, the following terms used in sections 12-5-103 to 12-5-123 shall have the following meanings: "Base period" means the base period applicable under the unemployment insurance law of the paying state; "Benefit year" means the benefit year applicable under the unemployment insurance law of the paying state; "Combined-wage claim" means a claim filed under this arrangement; "Combined-wage claimant" means a claimant who has covered wages under the unemployment insurance laws of more than one state and who has filed a claim under this arrangement; "Employment" means all services which are covered under the unemployment insurance law of a state, whether expressed in terms of weeks of work or otherwise; "Paying state" means: (1) The state in which a combined-wage claimant files a combined-wage claim, if the claimant qualifies for unemployment benefits in that state on the basis of combined employment and wages; or (2) If the state in which a combined-wage claim is filed is not the paying state under the criterion set forth above in paragraph (1), or if the combined-wage claim is filed in Canada or the Virgin Islands, then the state where the combined-wage claimant was last employed in covered employment among the states in which the claimant qualifies for unemployment benefits on the basis of combined employment and wages; "State" includes the states of the United States of America, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; "State agency" means the agency which administers the unemployment insurance law of a state; "Secretary" means the Secretary of Labor of the United States; "Transferring state" means a state in which a combined-wage claimant has covered employment and wages in the base period of a paying state, which transfers such employment and wages to the paying state for its use in determining the benefit rights of such claimant under its law; "Wages" means all remuneration for "employment" as defined in this section. [Eff. 6/26/81] (Auth: HRS '383-92) (Imp: HRS ''383-92, 383-106) ''12-5-100 to 12-5-102 (Reserved)