(a) A service performed for an employing unit which is excluded under the definition of employment, and with respect to which no payments are required under the employment security law of another state or of the federal government, is considered employment for all purposes of this chapter if the department approves a written election to that effect filed by the employing unit for which the service is performed, as of the date stated in the approval. The department may not approve an election unless it (1) includes all the service of the type specified in each establishment or place of business for which the election is made, and (2) is made for not less than two calendar years.
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Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 23.20.325

  • employing unit: means one or more departments or other agencies of the state, a political subdivision of the state, a federally recognized tribe, an individual, or a type of organization, partnership, association, trust, estate, joint trust company, insurance company, or domestic or foreign corporation, or the receiver, referee in bankruptcy, trustee, or successor of one of these, or the legal representative of a deceased person, that has or had one or more individuals performing service for it in the state. See Alaska Statutes 23.20.520
  • employment: includes services described in this subparagraph and (A) of this paragraph only if
    (i) the contract of service contemplates that substantially all of the services are to be performed personally by the individual. See Alaska Statutes 23.20.525
  • state: includes the states of the United States of America, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. See Alaska Statutes 23.20.520
(b) A service which because of an election by an employing unit under (a) of this section is employment subject to this chapter ceases to be employment subject to the chapter as of January 1 of a calendar year after the two calendar years of the election only if not later than March 15 of the year (1) the employing unit has filed with the department a written notice to that effect, or (2) the department on its own motion has given notice of termination of coverage.
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