Meaning of terms

Unless the context otherwise requires, terms used in regulations, interpretations, rules, forms, instructions, and other official pronouncements issued by the bureau shall have the following meanings: 1. All terms which are defined in the North Dakota Unemployment Compensation Law shall be construed in the sense in which they are defined. 2. "Pay period" means that period of time during which the wages due on any pay day were earned. 3. "Wages paid" include both wages actually received by the worker and wages constructively paid. Wages are constructively paid when they are: a. Credited to the account of or set apart for a worker without any substantial restriction as to the time or manner of payment or condition upon which payment is to be made; b. Made available so that they may be drawn upon by the worker at any time; and c. Brought within the worker's own control and disposition, although not then actually reduced to possession. 4. "Wages payable" means wages earned, including wages earned and paid as well as wages earned and unpaid.