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In AS 23.15.620 - 23.15.660 and this chapter,
(1) "average annual wage" has the meaning given in AS 23.20.520 ;
(2) "board" means the Alaska Workforce Investment Board established in AS 23.15.550 ;
(3) "department" means the Department of Labor and Workforce Development;
(4) "discouraged workers" means residents of this state who are not working and are not actively seeking employment because the workers are in an area with chronic unemployment;
(5) "marginal" employment means that a person is employed for fewer than 30 hours a week and the person wishes to work 30 hours or more a week;
(6) "part-time" employment means employment of less than 37.5 hours per week;
(7) "program" means the STEP;
(8) "seasonal" employment means employment of less than nine months during a calendar year;
(9) "STEP" means the state training and employment program established under AS 23.15.620 - 23.15.660;
(10) "temporary" employment means employment of less than 180 days during the preceding 12 months;
(11) "underemployed" means
(A) employed in a job that requires less skill and training than a job for which the employee is trained and qualified; or
(B) working less than full time and in need of training and other assistance to obtain full-time employment;
(12) "Workforce Investment Act" or "WIA" means the federal program under 29 U.S.C. 2801 - 2945, administered by the department;
(13) "working day" means a day other than Saturday, Sunday, or a state holiday.
History: Eff. 7/26/90, Register 115; am 8/22/92, Register 123; am 9/19/97, Register 143; am 12/24/2004, Register 172
Authority: AS 23.15.645
Editor's note: The Department of Labor and Workforce Development's average annual wage calculation may be reviewed at http://www.labor.ak.us/research/ui/tax base.htm
As of Register 151 (October 1999), the regulations attorney made technical revisions under AS 44.62.125 (b)(6) to reflect the name change of the Department of Labor to the Department of Labor and Workforce Development made by ch. 58, SLA 1999 and the corresponding title change of the commissioner of labor.
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