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Alaska Statutes.

Title 23. Labor and Workers' Compensation

Chapter 20. Alaska Employment Security Act

Section 315. Coverage Determination.

AS 23.20.315. Coverage Determination.

(a) On its own motion or on the application of an employing unit, the department shall, on the basis of facts found by it, determine whether the employing unit is an employer and whether service performed for it constitutes employment.

(b) Within one year or a longer time which the department for good cause allows, after a determination has been made under (a) of this section, the department may reconsider its determination in the light of additional evidence and make a redetermination.

(c) The department shall mail or deliver a notice of its determination made under (a) or (b) of this section to the last address of record of the employing unit affected. The notice must include a statement of the supporting facts found by the department.

(d) Within 30 days after a notice of a determination has been mailed or delivered to the last address of record of an employing unit, the employing unit may apply to the department to reconsider its determination in the light of additional evidence and to issue a redetermination. The department shall, if the request is granted, mail or deliver to the last address of record of the employing unit affected a notice of the redetermination. The notice must include a statement of the supporting facts found by the department. If the department denies the request for redetermination, it shall furnish a notice of the denial of the application.

(e) Within 30 days after a notice of a determination made under (a), (b), or (d) of this section or a denial of the application under (d) of this section has been mailed or delivered to the last address of record of an employing unit, the employing unit may appeal from the determination to the department. The department shall give the parties a reasonable opportunity for a fair hearing as provided in the case of hearings before appeal tribunals in AS 23.20.410 - 23.20.470. The decision of the department is final unless, within 30 days after the decision is mailed or delivered to the last address of record of a party, the party initiates judicial review in accordance with AS 23.20.445.

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