Georgia Code, Title 34, Chapter 8, Article 2 - Definitions
- § 34-8-20 - Annual Payroll; Average Annual Payroll
(a) As used in this chapter, the term "annual payroll" means the total amount of wages for employment paid by an employer during the...
- § 34-8-21 - Base Period
(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this Code section, as used in this chapter, the term "base period" means the first four...
- § 34-8-22 - Benefits
As used in this chapter, the term "benefits" means the compensation payable to an individual, as provided in this chapter, with respect to the...
- § 34-8-23 - Benefit Year
As used in this chapter, the term "benefit year" with respect to any individual means the one-year period beginning with the day on which...
- § 34-8-24 - Bona Fide in the Labor Market
As used in this chapter, the term "bona fide in the labor market" means that any person claiming benefits under this chapter must be...
- § 34-8-25 - Calendar Quarter
As used in this chapter, the term "calendar quarter" means the period of three consecutive calendar months ending on the dates of March 31,...
- § 34-8-26 - Commissioner
As used in this chapter, the term "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Labor.
- § 34-8-27 - Common Paymaster
As used in this chapter, the term "common paymaster" means one of two or more related corporations which concurrently employ the same individual and...
- § 34-8-28 - Computation Date
As used in this chapter, the term "computation date" means June 30 of each calendar year with respect to rates applicable to the succeeding...
- § 34-8-29 - Contributions; Payments in Lieu of Contributions
(a) As used in this chapter, the term "contributions" means the money payments to the Unemployment Compensation Fund required by Code Sections 34-8-150 through...
- § 34-8-30 - Deductible Earnings
As used in this chapter, the term "deductible earnings" means all money in excess of $30.00 each week earned by a claimant for services...
- § 34-8-31 - Department
As used in this chapter, the term "department" means the Georgia Department of Labor.
- § 34-8-32 - Employee Leasing Company
(a) As used in this chapter, the term "employee leasing company" means an independently established business entity which engages in the business of providing...
- § 34-8-33 - Employer
(a) As used in this chapter, the term "employer" means: (1) Any employing unit which, in either the current or preceding calendar year: (A)...
- § 34-8-34 - Employing Unit
As used in this chapter, the term "employing unit" means any individual, the legal representative of a deceased individual, or any type of organization,...
- § 34-8-35 - Employment
(a) As used in this chapter, the term "employment" means any service, including service in interstate commerce, performed for wages or under any contract...
- § 34-8-36 - Employment Office
As used in this chapter, the term "employment office" means a free public employment office or branch thereof operated by this state or maintained...
- § 34-8-37 - Employment Security Administration Fund
As used in this chapter, the term "Employment Security Administration Fund" means the Employment Security Administration Fund which is established by this chapter and...
- § 34-8-38 - Experience Rating Account
As used in this chapter, the term "experience rating account" means the individual experience of a covered employer, as determined by factors set forth...
- § 34-8-39 - Extended Benefits
As used in this chapter, the term "extended benefits" means benefits, including benefits payable to federal civilian employees and to ex-service personnel pursuant to...
- § 34-8-40 - Fund
As used in this chapter, the term "fund" means the Unemployment Compensation Fund which is established by Code Section 34-8-83 and from which all...
- § 34-8-41 - Insured Work
As used in this chapter, the term "insured work" means employment for a liable employer.
- § 34-8-42 - Liable Employer
As used in this chapter, the term "liable employer" means an employer who is responsible for the payment of unemployment contributions or payments in...
- § 34-8-43 - Most Recent Employer
(a) As used in this chapter and except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this Code section, the term "most recent employer" means,...
- § 34-8-44 - State
As used in this chapter, the term "state" includes the states of the United States of America, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of...
- § 34-8-45 - Supplemental Unemployment Benefits
As used in this chapter, the term "supplemental unemployment benefits" means only: (1) Benefits which are paid to an employee because of such employee's...
- § 34-8-46 - Temporary Help Contracting Firm
As used in this chapter, the term "temporary help contracting firm" means any person who is in the business of employing individuals and, for...
- § 34-8-47 - Unemployment
For purposes of this chapter, an individual shall be deemed "unemployed" in any week during which the individual performs no services and with respect...
- § 34-8-48 - Valid Claim
As used in this chapter, the term "valid claim" means a claim filed for unemployment compensation benefits in which sufficient base period wages establish...
- § 34-8-49 - Wages
(a) (1) As used in this chapter, the term "wages" means all remuneration for personal services, including commissions and bonuses and the cash value...
- § 34-8-50 - Week
As used in this chapter, the term "week" means such period of seven consecutive calendar days ending at 12:00 Midnight as the Commissioner may...
- § 34-8-51 - Weekly Benefit Amount
As used in this chapter, the term "weekly benefit amount" means the dollar amount, prior to any deductions, which an individual may be entitled...
Last modified: October 14, 2016