Chapter 288 - Employment Security

Section 288.010 - Title of law
Section 288.020 - Public policy declared - construction of law
Section 288.030 - Definitions - calculation of Missouri average annual wage
Section 288.032 - Employer defined, exceptions
Section 288.034 - Employment defined
Section 288.035 - Owner and operator leasing motor vehicle with driver to a for-hire common or contract carrier not deemed employed for unemployment compensation, exception
Section 288.036 - Wages defined - state taxable wage base
Section 288.037 - Indian tribes considered employers for purposes of unemployment compensation payments, when - definitions - requirements
Section 288.038 - Maximum weekly benefit amount defined
Section 288.040 - Eligibility for benefits - exceptions - report, contents
Section 288.041 - Employer to provide notice of ineligibility for unemployment benefits, when
Section 288.042 - War on terror veterans, defined - eligible for benefits - time period - penalty - offer of similar wages - fund - rulemaking authority
Section 288.045 - Misconduct connected with the claimant's work, when - controlled substance and blood alcohol content levels - notice - tests conducted, when - violation, penalty - preemployment testing - testing provision not to apply, when - specimens for testing - confirmation tests - prescriptions - section not applicable, when - implementation of testing program
Section 288.046 - General assembly's intent to abrogate certain case law - determining misconduct, evidence of impairment
Section 288.050 - Benefits denied unemployed workers, when - pregnancy, requirements for benefit eligibility
Section 288.051 - Temporary employees, defined, deemed to have voluntarily quit employment, when
Section 288.055 - Retraining programs, eligibility to receive benefits while in program, requirements
Section 288.060 - Benefits, how paid - wage credits - limitation on duration of benefits - benefits due decedent - benefit warrants cancelled, when - electronic funds transfer system, allowed - remote claims filing procedures required, contents, duties
Section 288.062 - "On" and "Off" indicators, state and national, how determined - extended benefits, defined - amount and how computed
Section 288.070 - Claims for benefits - procedure - payment pending appeal
Section 288.080 - Employer, when subject to law - election of coverage - termination
Section 288.090 - Contributions required, when - payments in lieu of contributions, procedures - common paymaster arrangements
Section 288.100 - Experience rating - employer accounts, credits and charges
Section 288.102 - Rules, procedures
Section 288.110 - Transfer of employer accounts - successor employer liabilities - unemployment experience, how treated - penalties - definitions
Section 288.113 - Employer's rate, how determined
Section 288.120 - Employer's contribution rate, how determined - exception shared work plan, how computed - surcharges for employers taxed at the maximum rate - overpayments, time limit for appeal
Section 288.121 - Rate increased when average balance in fund is less than certain amount, how - rate calculations for certain years
Section 288.122 - If cash in fund exceeds certain amounts, contribution rate to decrease, amount - table
Section 288.124 - Average annual payroll defined
Section 288.125 - Voluntary payments by employer
Section 288.126 - Ineligibility for rate calculation, rate used, positive and negative experience rate account balances
Section 288.128 - Additional assessment for interest on federal advancements and proceeds of credit instruments, procedure - excess collections, use of - credit instrument and financing agreement repayment surcharge
Section 288.130 - Employer records - form of report - benefit information - liability determination - final when - extension of time period for cause - reconsideration, when
Section 288.132 - Unemployment automation fund created, use of moneys
Section 288.133 - Unemployment automation adjustment, amount - reductions, when
Section 288.140 - Contribution adjustments or refunds
Section 288.150 - Unpaid contributions, interest rate due, abatement during extensions - exceptions
Section 288.160 - Assessment of delinquent contributions - limitations - refusal to file, penalty
Section 288.170 - Collection of delinquent contributions
Section 288.175 - Debtor's federal income tax refund may be intercepted - debt defined - debtor defined - use of collection agencies authorized
Section 288.180 - Compromise of delinquent contributions
Section 288.190 - Administrative appeals on disputed determinations - party subject to appeal decision, right to counsel
Section 288.200 - Appeals to labor and industrial relations commission
Section 288.210 - Judicial review of decisions of industrial commission, grounds - division to be a party, when
Section 288.215 - Finding of fact, conclusion of law, judgment or order not conclusive or binding, when - use of evidence in other proceedings
Section 288.220 - Administration of law - director - state unemployment insurance operation - rules and regulations
Section 288.222 - Resume retrieval program, division may administer, charge fees - general assembly may appropriate funds for program
Section 288.225 - Group insurance for employees of division
Section 288.230 - Power to subpoena records and witnesses - mileage and per diem for witnesses - witness's right against self-incrimination, procedure to claim, effect
Section 288.240 - Papers, deemed filed, when
Section 288.245 - Records of division constitute evidence of date of mailing or electronic transmission
Section 288.247 - Electronic document transmission and filing requirements - investigations of protested issues and fraud, appeals decided
Section 288.250 - Records confidential - privileged communications - violation, penalty
Section 288.251 - Cooperation with not-for-profit agencies authorized
Section 288.260 - Annual report
Section 288.270 - [Repealed] Transferred
Section 288.290 - Unemployment compensation fund, established - administration, deposit of funds - purposes - erroneous collection of interest or penalties
Section 288.300 - Unemployment compensation administration fund, administration and disbursement
Section 288.310 - Special employment security fund - use of funds - amounts transferred between funds, when
Section 288.320 - Federal funds, how used - reimbursement, when authorized
Section 288.330 - State liability for benefits limited, authority for application and repayment of federal advances - board of unemployment fund financing created, duties, requirements, powers - disposition of unobligated funds
Section 288.340 - Cooperation with federal government and sister states
Section 288.345 - Division may participate in federal comprehensive manpower programs
Section 288.350 - Effect of amendments to related federal law
Section 288.360 - Records of division - reproduction, destruction, copies
Section 288.370 - Law does not confer vested rights
Section 288.375 - Discharge for testifying prohibited, civil action for damages, statute of limitations
Section 288.379 - Notice given to filer of claim, taxation of benefits - deducted amounts remain in trust fund until transference - division to follow procedures - order in which amounts are deducted
Section 288.380 - Void agreements - offenses, penalties - deductions of support obligations and uncollected overissuance of food stamps - offset for overpayment of benefits by other states, when - definitions
Section 288.381 - Collection of benefits paid when claimant later determined ineligible or awarded back pay - violation, damages
Section 288.382 - Uncollectible benefit overpayments, how determined
Section 288.390 - State to comply with minimum standards prescribed by federal law
Section 288.395 - Fraud or misrepresentation, penalties
Section 288.398 - Contracts with consumer reporting agencies authorized - information limited - privacy rules apply - written consent, contents - use of information limited, verified by consumer reporting agency - confidentiality safeguards required - noncompliance, liability - information obtained under false pretenses, penalty - disputes
Section 288.475 - [Repealed]
VOLUNTARY SHARED WORK PROGRAM (§ 288.500)
EXTENDED BENEFITS UNDER 2009 FEDERAL STIMULUS ACT (§ 288.501)