Title 24 — Labor
20 chapters · 305 sections in this title.
24 V.I.C. § 301 Declaration of public policy; short title and rule of statutory construction
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(a) As a guide to the interpretation and application of this chapter, the public policy of the Virgin Islands is declared to be as follows:Economic insecurity due to unemployment is a threat to the health, morals, and welfare of the people of the Virgin Islands, and protection ag…
24 V.I.C. § 302 Definitions
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(a) As used in this chapter, unless the context clearly requires otherwise—(a) “Aggregate reserve ratio” is calculated by dividing the net trust fund balance (cash balance minus outstanding loans) as of September 30 of the current year by total wages paid for insured work by cont…
24 V.I.C. § 303 Benefits—When payable
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Qualifying requirements Qualifying requirements (a) To qualify as an insured worker, an individual:(1) (A) Shall have been paid at least $858 for insured work in that quarter of his base period in which his total wages were the highest; and(B) Shall have earned total base period …
24 V.I.C. § 304 Conditions for receipt of benefits—Eligibility for benefits
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(a) (1) An insured worker shall be eligible for and shall receive waiting-week credit or benefits, as the case may be, for any week of his unemployment with respect to which he has not been determined to be disqualified under subsection (b) of this section if such worker has, in …
24 V.I.C. § 305 Determinations, notices, and payment of benefits—Payment of benefits
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(a) Benefits shall be paid solely through public employment offices, or such other agencies as the U.S. Secretary of Labor shall approve, in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Commissioner of Labor. Information to workers on benefit rights Information to workers on ben…
24 V.I.C. § 306 Appeals—Hearing examiners
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(a) The Commissioner of Labor shall appoint one or more hearing examiners, selected in accordance with section 312(b) of this chapter, to hear and decide appeals from determinations and redeterminations; Provided, however, that no person may be selected as a hearing examiner unle…
24 V.I.C. § 307 Coverage—Determination and redetermination of whether service performed is employment
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(a) (1) On his own motion or on the application of an employing unit, the Commissioner shall, on the basis of facts found by him, determine whether the service performed for it constitutes employment.(2) Within one year after he has made a determination under paragraph (1) of thi…
24 V.I.C. § 308 Contributions—Payment of contributions
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(a) Contributions with respect to wages for employment shall accrue and become payable by each employer for each calendar year in which he is subject to this chapter. Such contributions shall become due and be paid by each employer to the Commissioner of Finance for the Unemploym…
24 V.I.C. § 309 Collection of delinquent and contested contributions—Interest on past-due contributions
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(a) If contributions or payments in lieu of contributions are not paid on the date on which they are due and payable as prescribed by the Commissioner of Labor, the whole or part thereafter remaining unpaid shall bear interest at a rate of 9% per annum from such due date until pa…
24 V.I.C. § 310 Unemployment Insurance Fund—Establishment and control
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(a) There is hereby established in the Treasury of the Virgin Islands as a special fund, separate and apart from all public money or funds of the Virgin Islands, an Unemployment Fund, which shall be administered by the Commissioner of Labor exclusively for the purposes of this ch…
24 V.I.C. § 311 Unemployment Insurance Administration Fund
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(a) There is hereby established, in the Treasury of the Virgin Islands, a special fund to be known as the Employment Security Administration Fund, effective on the day after the date the Secretary of Labor of the United States approves the Virgin Islands Unemployment Insurance Ac…
24 V.I.C. § 311a Penalty and Interest Fund
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(a) There is hereby established in the Treasury of the Virgin Islands a special fund, separate and apart from all public money or funds of the Virgin Islands, to be known as the Penalty and Interest Fund. This fund shall consist of all interest and penalties collected under the p…
24 V.I.C. § 312 Administration—Unemployment Insurance Service
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(a) The Unemployment Insurance Service, designated as a division of the Virgin Islands Employment Security Agency by section 153 of this title, shall be administered in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. [Additional duties and powers of the Commissioner of Labor] [Ad…
24 V.I.C. § 313 Penalties—Misrepresentation to obtain benefits
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(a) (1) An insured worker shall be disqualified for waiting-week credit or benefits for any week of his unemployment if within the 24 calendar months immediately preceding such week he has, with intent to defraud by obtaining any benefits not due under this chapter, made a false …
24 V.I.C. § 314 Reciprocal arrangements—Interstate benefit payments
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(a) The Commissioner, for and on behalf of the Virgin Islands Employment Security Agency, shall participate in reciprocal arrangements with appropriate and duly authorized agencies of any state or of the Federal Government, whereby potential rights to benefits under this chapter …
24 V.I.C. § 315 Extended benefits program
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(a) As used in this section, unless the context clearly requires otherwise—(1) “Extended benefit period” means a period which(A) begins with the third week after a week for which there is a Virgin Islands “on” indicator; and(B) ends with either of the following weeks, whichever o…
24 V.I.C. § 315a Additional Benefits Program
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(a) For purposes of this section(1) “Additional benefits” means, benefits financed entirely by the territory and paid, from its account deposited in the Unemployment Trust Fund administered by the Secretary of the United States Treasury, to exhaustees pursuant to this section.(2)…
24 V.I.C. § 315b Registration with the Virgin Islands State Information Data Exchange System
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Each employer in the Virgin Islands shall register with the Virgin Islands State Information Data Exchange System on the Department of Labor’s website.
24 V.I.C. § 316 Saving clause
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The Legislature reserves the right to amend or repeal all or any part of this chapter at any time; and there shall be no vested private right of any kind against such amendment or repeal. All the rights, privileges, or immunities conferred by this chapter or by acts done pursuant…
24 V.I.C. § 317 Separability of provisions
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If any provision of this chapter, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, the remainder of this chapter, and the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances, shall not be affected thereby.
24 V.I.C. § 318 Effective date
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This chapter shall take effect on October 1, 1961.
24 V.I.C. § 319 Appropriation of funds
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The sum of $10,000 is hereby appropriated from any available funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the launching of the program provided in this chapter. This sum shall be placed at the disposal of the Director of the Employment Service as of October 1, 1961.
24 V.I.C. § 320 Amnesty period
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Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the Department of Labor, through the Commissioner of Labor, shall institute a 120-day amnesty period for the payment of penalty and interest owed pursuant to title 24, section 313(b)(2), Virgin Islands Code, and title 24, section 309…