Title 52 — Social Security

An unemployed individual is eligible to receive benefits with respect to any week only if the bureau finds that: 1. The individual has made a claim for benefits with respect to such week in accordance with such regulations as the bureau may prescribe; 2. The individual has regist…

An individual is disqualified for benefits: 1. a. For the week in which the individual has left the individual's most recent employment voluntarily without good cause attributable to the employer, and thereafter until such time as the individual: (1) Can demonstrate that the indi…

Beginning twenty-four months after the date when contributions first accrued under the North Dakota unemployment compensation law, benefits become payable from the fund. Benefits must be paid through public employment offices in accordance with such regulations as the bureau may …

Any otherwise eligible individual is entitled during the individual's benefit year to benefits for the number of times the individual's weekly benefit amount appearing in the following table on the line which includes the individual's ratio of total base-period wages to highest q…

Each eligible individual who is unemployed with respect to any week must be paid with respect to such week a benefit in an amount equal to the individual's weekly benefit amount less that part of the wages, if any, payable to the individual with respect to such week which is in e…

1. An individual filing a new claim for unemployment compensation shall, at the time of filing such claim, disclose whether or not the individual owes child support obligations as defined under subsection 7. If any such individual discloses that the individual owes child support …

Claims for benefits under the North Dakota unemployment compensation law must be made in accordance with such regulations as the bureau may prescribe.

A determination upon a claim filed pursuant to section 52-06-08 must be made promptly by an examiner and must include a statement as to whether and in what amount the claimant is entitled to benefits for the weeks with respect to which the determination is made and in the event o…

Whenever any claim for benefits under the North Dakota unemployment compensation law involves the application of the provisions of subsection 4 of section 52-06-02, the examiner handling the claim, if so directed by the bureau, shall transmit such claim promptly to the appeals re…

Notice of a determination upon a claim must be given promptly to the claimant by delivery thereof or by mailing such notice to the claimant's last-known address. In addition, notice of any determination which involves the application of the provisions of section 52-06-02 together…

The bureau shall, upon determination of an individual's eligibility for benefits chargeable against each base-period employer's account, notify each of the individual's base-period employers, including employers electing to finance benefit payments on a reimbursable basis, of the…

The bureau shall appoint one or more impartial appeal examiners known as the appeal tribunal, who shall hear and decide appealed claims. Each such tribunal shall consist of a referee selected in accordance with chapter 52-02, or a body composed of three members, one of whom must …

The parties must be notified promptly of an appeal tribunal's decision upon an appeal taken as is provided in section 52-06-13 and must be furnished with a copy of the decision and the findings and conclusions in support thereof. The decision is final unless, within twelve days a…

The job insurance division may reconsider a determination of a claim whenever it finds: 1. That an error in computation or identity has occurred in connection therewith; 2. That wages of the claimant pertinent to such determination but not considered in connection therewith have …

If the amount of benefits is increased upon such redetermination, an appeal from the redetermination, solely with respect to the matters involved in such increase, may be filed in the manner and subject to the limitations provided in this chapter. If the amount of benefits is dec…

The bureau, on its own motion, and within the time specified in section 52-06-15, may initiate a review of the decision of the appeal tribunal or may allow an appeal from such decision upon an application filed within such time by any party entitled to notice of such decision. An…

The bureau and appeal tribunal shall not be bound by common law or statutory rules of evidence or by technical rules of procedure, but any hearing or appeal before such tribunals must be conducted in such manner as to ascertain the substantial rights of the parties. The bureau sh…

Any right, fact, or matter in issue directly passed upon or necessarily involved in a determination or redetermination which has become final, or which has become final following a decision or appeal under the North Dakota unemployment compensation law, is conclusive for all the …

The final decisions of the bureau or of an appeal tribunal and the principles of law declared by it in arriving at such decisions, unless expressly or impliedly overruled by a later decision of the bureau or by a court of competent jurisdiction, are binding upon the bureau and an…

A record must be kept of all testimony and proceedings before the bureau or in connection with any appeal, but the testimony need not be transcribed unless further review is initiated. Witnesses subpoenaed pursuant to this chapter must be allowed fees at the rate specified by law…

A party to proceedings before the bureau may obtain a judicial review of the decision of the bureau by filing a petition for review within thirty days after the date of mailing the bureau's decision to the party at the party's last-known address, or in the absence of mailing, wit…

Benefits must be promptly paid in accordance with a determination or redetermination regardless of any appeal or pending appeal. If a determination allowing benefits is affirmed in any amount by an appeals referee or is so affirmed by the bureau or if a decision of an appeals ref…

No agreement by any individual to waive, release, or commute the individual's rights to benefits or any other rights under the North Dakota unemployment compensation law is valid. No agreement by any individual in the employ of any person or concern to pay all or any portion of a…

A person who has received any amount of benefits under the North Dakota unemployment compensation law to which the person is not entitled shall be liable to refund to the bureau for the fund the amount so paid or to have such amount deducted from any future benefits payable to th…

Any finding of fact or law, judgment, conclusion, or decision made by a claims examiner, appeals referee, the bureau, or any person with the authority to make findings of fact or law in any action or proceeding before the bureau is not conclusive or binding on, nor may it be used…

Any person who willfully violates any provision of this title, or any order, rule, or regulation thereunder, and for which a penalty is neither prescribed in this title nor provided by any other applicable statute, is guilty of a class B misdemeanor.