2005 Idaho Code - 72-1344 — RECIPROCAL ARRANGEMENTS AND COOPERATION

                                  TITLE  72
                      WORKER'S COMPENSATION AND RELATED
                        LAWS -- INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION
                                  CHAPTER 13
                           EMPLOYMENT SECURITY LAW
    72-1344.  RECIPROCAL ARRANGEMENTS AND COOPERATION. (1) The director is
authorized to enter into reciprocal arrangements with appropriate agencies of
other states or of the federal government, or both, whereby:
    (a)  An employer of an individual who customarily provides services for
    the employer in more than one (1) state may elect to have the services
    deemed performed entirely in one (1) state if the state is one in which:
    (i) any part of the individual's services are performed, or (ii) the
    individual has his residence, or (iii) the employer maintains a place of
    business, provided the individual agrees with the election and the agency
    charged with the administration of such state's unemployment insurance law
    approves it;
    (b)  Potential rights to benefits accumulated under the unemployment
    insurance laws of the federal government may constitute the basis for the
    payment of benefits through a single appropriate agency under terms which
    the director finds will be fair to all affected interests and will not
    result in a substantial loss to the employment security fund;
    (c)  The director shall participate in any wage combining plan that the
    secretary of labor may approve as provided in 26 U.S.C. 3304(a)(9)(B) of
    the federal unemployment tax act. Other arrangements outside the scope of
    the federal plan may be entered into if fair and reasonable provisions for
    reimbursement to the employment security fund for any benefits paid are
    included. Under such a plan, wages or services, upon the basis of which an
    individual may become entitled to benefits under an unemployment insurance
    law of another state or of the federal government, may be deemed to be
    wages for covered employment for the purpose of determining his rights to
    benefits under this chapter, and wages for covered employment, on the
    basis of which an individual may become entitled to benefits under this
    chapter, may be deemed to be wages or services on the basis of which
    unemployment insurance under the law of another state or of the federal
    government is payable; and
    (d)  Contributions due under this act with respect to wages for covered
    employment shall for the purposes of sections 72-1354 through 72-1364,
    Idaho Code, be deemed to have been paid to the employment security fund as
    of the date payment was made as contributions therefor under another state
    or federal unemployment insurance law. No such arrangement shall be
    entered into unless it contains provisions for reimbursement to the fund
    of such contributions as the director finds will be fair to all affected
    interests.
    (2)  Reimbursements paid from the employment security fund pursuant to
paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of this section shall be deemed to be benefits
for the purposes of this chapter. The director is authorized to make and
receive reimbursements to and from other state or federal agencies in
accordance with arrangements entered into pursuant to subsection (1) of this
section.
    (3)  The director is authorized to enter into arrangements whereby
facilities and services provided under this chapter and facilities and
services provided under the unemployment insurance law of any foreign
government may be utilized for taking claims and paying benefits.