(a) Except to the extent there is a redetermination under Alaska Stat. § 23.20.33023.20.405, all final determinations and decisions are conclusive upon employing units with notice, the department, and the claimant. A final determination or decision as to benefit rights is not subject to collateral attack by an employing unit regardless of notice.

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Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 23.20.450

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • claimant: means an individual who has filed a request for a determination of insured status, a notice of unemployment, a certification for waiting-week credit, or a claim for benefits. See Alaska Statutes 23.20.520
  • employer: means (A) an employing unit which for some portion of a day within the calendar year has or had in employment one or more individuals. See Alaska Statutes 23.20.520
  • 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
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association, organization, business trust, or society, as well as a natural person. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
(b) The department, or appeal tribunal, shall reopen a determination or decision or revoke permission for withdrawal of an appeal if (1) it finds that a worker or employer has been defrauded or coerced in connection with the determination, decision, or withdrawal of the appeal, and (2) the defrauded or coerced person informs the appropriate officer or body of the fraud or coercion within 60 days after the person has become aware of the fraud or within 60 days after the coercion has been removed.