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Employment Security Law

K.S.A. 44-701— Short title
K.S.A. 44-702— Declaration of state public policy
K.S.A. 44-703— Definitions
K.S.A. 44-703a— Repealed
K.S.A. 44-704— Benefits; limitations on; notification of claimant's employment to secretary for children and families
K.S.A. 44-704a— Extended benefits
K.S.A. 44-704b— Same; disqualification conditions; suitable work defined
K.S.A. 44-704c— Repealed
K.S.A. 44-705— Benefit eligibility conditions; procedure regarding refusals of suitable work; notice to claimant; audit process for employer reports of claimant work search and my reemployment plan compliance; notice of such, reporting options
K.S.A. 44-706— Disqualification for benefits, exceptions; examination by secretary; approval of substance abuse program; approval of job skills program
K.S.A. 44-706a— Application of K.S.A. 44-705, 44-706
K.S.A. 44-706b— Repealed
K.S.A. 44-706c— Repealed
K.S.A. 44-707— Repealed
K.S.A. 44-707a— Repealed
K.S.A. 44-708— Repealed
K.S.A. 44-709— Claims for benefits; filing; determination of; appeals; appointment of referees; time computation; board of review, membership, qualifications and application process, compensation and duties; procedure; witness fees; judicial review; admissibility and effect of administrative action in separate or subsequent proceeding; appearances; manner of hearings
K.S.A. 44-709a— Repealed
K.S.A. 44-709b— Exceptions to eligibility conditions and disqualification conditions in employment security law; retroactive payment of benefits; duties of secretary of labor; appeal of award or denial of benefits; repayment or benefit offset
K.S.A. 44-710— Employer contributions, payment; rates; charging of benefit payments; employers held harmless for fraud; time computation; pooled fund; reimbursing employers, reports and payments, benefit costs, allocation, group accounts
K.S.A. 44-710a— Employer contributions; classification of employers; establishment and assignment of annual rates; successor classifications; debt relief for negative rated remployers; publication of contribution amount tables and effective contribution schedules; voluntary contributions; annual certification of Kansas account balance; report to legislative coordinating council; employment security interest assessment fund abolished
K.S.A. 44-710b— Rate of contributions, benefit cost rate and benefit liability, notification; review and redetermination; judicial review; periodic notification of benefits charged; federal employers held harmless for fraud; improper payments information review; cessation of federal COVID-19 benefit programs; suspension of state benefits during payment of federal unemployment benefits
K.S.A. 44-710c— Repealed
K.S.A. 44-710d— Governmental entities; election, mode of payment; rated governmental employer; rate computation; notice
K.S.A. 44-710e— Governmental entities; tax levy, use of proceeds; employee benefits contribution fund
K.S.A. 44-710f— Counties to provide coverage for certain district court employees
K.S.A. 44-710g— Repealed
K.S.A. 44-710h— Repealed
K.S.A. 44-710i— Common paymaster; wages actually disbursed by employer
K.S.A. 44-710j— Repealed
K.S.A. 44-711— Period of liability for contributions; election and termination of employer coverage; exceptions; document copies, fees
K.S.A. 44-712— Employment security fund; loans from pooled money investment board, when
K.S.A. 44-713— Merit awards for certain employees
K.S.A. 44-713a— In-service training
K.S.A. 44-714— Administration of act; powers and duties of secretary; employees, agents and contractors; reports and records, confidentiality; disclosure of information; witnesses, oaths and subpoenas; state-federal cooperation; fees for document copies
K.S.A. 44-715— Kansas state employment service; officers and employees; appointments; powers and duties
K.S.A. 44-716— Employment security administration fund
K.S.A. 44-716a— Special employment security fund; creation; authorized expenditures and transfers
K.S.A. 44-717— Collection of employer payments; penalties and interest, past-due reports and payments; priorities; liens, enforcement; seizure and sale of property; procedure; refunds; cash deposit or bond; liability of officers and stockholders and members and managers of limited liability companies; electronic filing of wage reports, contribution returns and payments; waiver of electronic filing; grace period for certain penalties
K.S.A. 44-718— Protection of rights and benefits; penalties; recoupment of food stamp overissuances; withholding of state income tax from unemployment compensation
K.S.A. 44-719— Penalties for violation of act; repayment of benefits ineligibly received, interest thereon; criminal prosecution
K.S.A. 44-720— Representation in court; prosecutions
K.S.A. 44-721— Nonliability of state
K.S.A. 44-722— Saving clause
K.S.A. 44-723— Operation concurrent with federal act
K.S.A. 44-724— Separability of provisions
K.S.A. 44-725— Contributions and payments in lieu of contributions deductible in computation of Kansas taxable income
K.S.A. 44-726— Repealed
K.S.A. 44-727— Title to real property acquired with federal funds
K.S.A. 44-728— Repealed
K.S.A. 44-731— Repealed
K.S.A. 44-732— Repealed
K.S.A. 44-735— Repealed
K.S.A. 44-736— Repealed
K.S.A. 44-738— Repealed
K.S.A. 44-739— Repealed
K.S.A. 44-743— Repealed
K.S.A. 44-746— Repealed
K.S.A. 44-749— Repealed
K.S.A. 44-750— Repealed
K.S.A. 44-752— Sections K.S.A. 44-704a and 44-713a part of and supplemental to employment security law
K.S.A. 44-753— Repealed
K.S.A. 44-757— Short-term compensation program; definitions; rules and regulations; promotion of program; procedures; employer plans, requirements, review and approval; benefits, eligibility and amount; benefit period
K.S.A. 44-758— Lessor employing units and client lessees; liability for contributions on wages for services performed for client lessees; reports and records
K.S.A. 44-759— Administrative rulings; availability of
K.S.A. 44-760— Employment security insurance act for domestic violence survivors; citation
K.S.A. 44-761— Same; definitions
K.S.A. 44-762— Same; curriculum for claimants, implementation and approval
K.S.A. 44-763— Same; benefits not chargeable to employer's accounts
K.S.A. 44-764— Same; supplemental to employment security law
K.S.A. 44-765— Motor vehicle lease agreements; definitions; determination of employment relationship
K.S.A. 44-766— Employers; misclassification of employee; penalty
K.S.A. 44-767— Classification of workers; withholding tax and payroll information; unemployment insurance contributions due; determination of misclassification of worker, collection of income withholding taxes
K.S.A. 44-768— Determination of classification of worker as an employee or independent contractor; circumstances for reasonable basis of classification; imposition of penalties, when
K.S.A. 44-769— Annual report on investigations on misclassification of employees
K.S.A. 44-770— Report on employment refusal based on misconduct
K.S.A. 44-771— Unemployment compensation modernization and improvement council; creation; membership; terms; vacancies; dissolution; compensation; organization; duties and limitations; audit and executive session; staffing; initial report; certain duties of secretary; posting of materials; notifications; strategic staffing plan; rules and regulations; status reports
K.S.A. 44-772— Unemployment insurance program information technology system; development; utilization of technology and features; deadline; extension by legislative coordinating council; inclusion of components, features and program integrity elements specified and defined by unemployment compensation modernization and improvement council; certain duties of secretary; continuing implementation of new program integrity elements; use of cross-check programs; memorandums of understanding; rules and regulations; annual report
K.S.A. 44-773— Tax consequences information for claimants to be provided by secretary
K.S.A. 44-774— Posting of trust fund computations and data by secretary; annual certification memorandum on negative rated employers; submission by secretary to legislature
K.S.A. 44-775— Establishment of my reemployment plan; participation by claimants required; exceptions; extensions of temporary unemployment by secretary; conditions; limitation on total temporary unemployment; duties of secretary of labor and secretary of commerce related to the provision of reemployment services; annual reports; duties of claimants
K.S.A. 44-776— Expired
K.S.A. 44-777— Identity verification for claimants; form; permitted documentation; presentation to and verification by law enforcement officer; presumption of identity; immunity from liability for law enforcement