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341.145 Reciprocal arrangements -- Recovery of benefit overpayments.
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The secretary of the Education and Workforce Development Cabinet may enter
into arrangements with the appropriate agencies of other states or of the
federal government, or both, for the purpose of assisting the secretary and
such agencies in the payment of benefits and the furnishing of services to
unemployed or underemployed workers. Such arrangements may provide that
the respective agencies shall, for and on behalf of each other, act as agents in
effecting registrations for work, notices of unemployment, and any other
certifications or statements relating to a worker's claim for benefits; in making
investigations, taking depositions, holding hearings, or otherwise securing
information relating to benefit eligibility and payments; and in such other
matters as the secretary considers suitable in effectuating the purpose of these
administrative arrangements.
The secretary may enter into arrangements with the appropriate agencies of
other states or the federal government whereby workers performing services in
this and other states for a single employing unit under circumstances not
specifically provided in KRS 341.050, or under similar provisions in the
unemployment compensation laws of such other states, shall be deemed to be
engaged in employment performed entirely within this state or within one of
such other states.
(a) The secretary shall participate in any arrangements for the payment of
benefits on the basis of combining an individual's wages and employment
covered under this chapter with his wages and employment covered
under the unemployment compensation laws of other states or the federal
government which are approved by the United States Secretary of Labor
in consultation with the state unemployment compensation agencies as
reasonably calculated to assure the prompt and full payment of benefits in
such situations and which include provisions for applying the base period
of a single state law to a claim involving the combining of an individual's
wages and employment covered under two (2) or more state
unemployment compensation laws, and avoiding the duplicate use of
wages and employment by reason of such combining. Reimbursements
to another state or the federal government, paid from the fund pursuant to
this subsection, shall be deemed to be benefits for the purposes of this
chapter and charged to contributory employers' reserve accounts and
reimbursing employers' accounts in accordance with the provisions of
KRS 341.530(2) and (3) to the extent of calculations made on wages paid
during the base period established by KRS 341.090 and wages paid after
such base period; provided, however, benefits based on a period previous
to the base-wage period established by KRS 341.090 shall be charged to
the pooled account for contributing employers only. Provided, that if the
Secretary of Labor determines that the charging of reimbursements
provided above is inconsistent with the requirements of the Federal
Unemployment Tax Act, charges of such reimbursements shall then be
made in accordance with regulations prescribed by the secretary.
(b) In order that such reciprocal arrangements, when entered into, may be
effectuated, wages for insured work under an employment security law of
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another state or of the federal government shall be deemed to be wages
earned in covered employment from a subject employer for the purpose
of determining his benefits under this chapter.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, benefits shall not be
denied or reduced to an individual solely because he files a claim in another
state (or a contiguous country with which the United States has an agreement
with respect to unemployment compensation) or because he resides in another
state (or such a contiguous country) at the time he files a claim for benefits.
To the extent permissible under the laws and Constitution of the United States,
the secretary is authorized to enter into or cooperate in arrangements or
reciprocal agreements with appropriate and duly authorized agencies of other
states or the United States Secretary of Labor or both, whereby:
(a) Overpayments of unemployment benefits, as determined under this
chapter, shall be recoverable (after due notice and opportunity for appeal
has been provided to the claimant) by offset from unemployment benefits
otherwise payable under the unemployment compensation law of another
state, in either the current or any subsequent benefit year, in an amount
equivalent to the amount of overpayment determined under this chapter,
provided the Office of Employment and Training, Department of
Workforce Investment, certifies to the other state the facts involved and
that the claimant is liable to repay the benefits and the office requests the
other state to recover the benefits; and
(b) Overpayments of unemployment benefits, as determined under the
unemployment compensation law of another state, shall be recoverable
(after such state has provided due notice and opportunity for appeal to the
claimant) by offset from unemployment benefits otherwise payable under
this chapter, in either the current or subsequent benefit year, in an
amount equivalent to the amount of overpayment determined by such
other state, provided such state certifies to the office the facts involved
and that the individual is liable to repay the benefits and the state
requests the office to recover the benefits; and
(c) Provided there is in effect a reciprocal agreement between this state and
the United States Secretary of Labor, as authorized by Section 303(g)(2)
of the Social Security Act, the overpayment of unemployment benefits or
allowances for unemployment provided under a federal program
administered by this state shall be recoverable by offset from benefits
otherwise payable under this chapter or any such federal program. Such
agreement shall also suffice to permit the offset from unemployment
benefits, otherwise payable under a federal program administered by this
state, the overpayment of unemployment benefits paid under this chapter.
If another state also has in effect a like agreement with the United States
Secretary of Labor, then these provisions for cross-offset of state and federal
unemployment benefits shall apply to benefits otherwise payable under this
chapter, the laws of the other state or any federal unemployment program
administered by either state.
Effective:June 25, 2009
History: Amended 2009 Ky. Acts ch. 11, sec. 73, effective June 25, 2009. --
Amended 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 211, sec. 136, effective July 12, 2006. -- Amended
1996 Ky. Acts ch. 266, sec. 5, effective July 15, 1996. -- Amended 1988 Ky.
Acts ch. 106, sec. 2, effective July 15, 1988. -- Amended 1972 Ky. Acts ch. 21,
sec. 11. -- Amended 1962 Ky. Acts ch. 207, sec. 2. --Amended 1952 Ky. Acts
ch. 154, sec. 5. -- Created 1950 Ky. Acts ch. 206, sec. 1.
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