R994-102-101. Authority and Statement of the Rules

(1) A purpose of the Employment Security Act, Title 35A, Chapter 4, is to lighten the burdens of persons unemployed through no fault of their own by maintaining their purchasing power in the economy. The legislature, in establishing this program, recognized the substantial social ills associated with unemployment and sought to ameliorate these problems with a program to pay workers for a limited time while they seek other employment. (2) The Department is responsible for protecting the investment of employers who contributed to the unemployment insurance fund, the interests of the unemployed workers who may be eligible for the dollars provided by the fund, and the community which benefits from a stable workforce through the maintenance of purchasing power. (3) The legal authority for these rules and for the Department to carry out its responsibilities is found in Section 35A-1-104 and in the Employment Security Act, Title 35A, Chapter 4. (4) These rules are to be liberally construed and administered and doubts should be resolved in favor of finding coverage of the employee and assisting those who are attached to the work force.