Terms Used In Florida Statutes > Chapter 443

• Able to work: means physically and mentally capable of performing the duties of the occupation in which work is being sought. See Florida Statutes 520.42
• Agricultural labor: means any remunerated service performed:
  (a) On a farm, in the employ of any person, in connection with cultivating the soil or in connection with raising or harvesting any agricultural or horticultural commodity, including the raising, shearing, feeding, caring for, training, and management of livestock, bees, poultry, and fur-bearing animals and wildlife. See Florida Statutes 520.42
• American aircraft: means an aircraft registered under the laws of the United States. See Florida Statutes 520.42
• American employer: means :
  (a) An individual who is a resident of the United States. See Florida Statutes 520.42
• American vessel: means any vessel documented or numbered under the laws of the United States. See Florida Statutes 520.42
• Available for work: means actively seeking and being ready and willing to accept suitable work. See Florida Statutes 520.42
• Base period: means the first four of the last five completed calendar quarters immediately preceding the first day of an individual's benefit year. See Florida Statutes 520.42
• Benefit year: means , for an individual, the 1-year period beginning with the first day of the first week for which the individual first files a valid claim for benefits and, thereafter, the 1-year period beginning with the first day of the first week for which the individual next files a valid claim for benefits after the termination of his or her last preceding benefit year. See Florida Statutes 520.42
• Benefits: means the money payable to an individual, as provided in this chapter, for his or her unemployment. See Florida Statutes 520.42
• Calendar quarter: means each period of 3 consecutive calendar months ending on March 31, June 30, September 30, and December 31 of each year. See Florida Statutes 520.42
• Casual labor: means labor that is occasional, incidental, or irregular, not exceeding 200 person-hours in total duration. See Florida Statutes 520.42
• client: means a party who has contracted with an employee leasing company to provide a worker, or workers, to perform services for the client. See Florida Statutes 520.42
• Commission: means the Reemployment Assistance Appeals Commission. See Florida Statutes 520.42
• Contributing employer: means an employer who is liable for contributions under this chapter. See Florida Statutes 520.42
• Contribution: means a payment of payroll tax to the Unemployment Compensation Trust Fund which is required under this chapter to finance reemployment assistance benefits. See Florida Statutes 520.42
• Crew leader: means an individual who:
  (a) Furnishes individuals to perform service in agricultural labor for another person. See Florida Statutes 520.42
• duration: means the period of time from the commencement to the completion of the particular job or project. See Florida Statutes 520.42
• Earned income: means gross remuneration derived from work, professional service, or self-employment. See Florida Statutes 520.42
• Educational institution: means an institution, except for an institution of higher education:
  (a) In which participants, trainees, or students are offered an organized course of study or training designed to transfer to them knowledge, skills, information, doctrines, attitudes, or abilities from, by, or under the guidance of, an instructor or teacher;
  (b) That is approved, licensed, or issued a permit to operate as a school by the Department of Education or other governmental agency that is authorized within the state to approve, license, or issue a permit for the operation of a school; and
  (c) That offers courses of study or training which are academic, technical, trade, or preparation for gainful employment in a recognized occupation. See Florida Statutes 520.42
• Employee leasing company: means an employing unit that has a valid and active license under chapter 468 and that maintains the records required by…. See Florida Statutes 520.42
• Employer: means an employing unit subject to this chapter under…. See Florida Statutes 520.42
• Employing unit: means an individual or type of organization, including a partnership, limited liability company, association, trust, estate, joint-stock company, insurance company, or corporation, whether domestic or foreign; the receiver, trustee in bankruptcy, trustee, or successor of any of the foregoing; or the legal representative of a deceased person, which has or had in its employ one or more individuals performing services for it within this state. See Florida Statutes 520.42
• Employment: means a service subject to this chapter under…. See Florida Statutes 520.42
• Fund: means the Unemployment Compensation Trust Fund created under this chapter, into which all contributions and reimbursements required under this chapter are deposited and from which all benefits provided under this chapter are paid. See Florida Statutes 520.42
• High quarter: means the quarter in an individual's base period in which the individual has the greatest amount of wages paid, regardless of the number of employers paying wages in that quarter. See Florida Statutes 520.42
• Hospital: means an institution that is licensed, certified, or approved by the Agency for Health Care Administration as a hospital. See Florida Statutes 520.42
• Institution of higher education: means an educational institution that:
  (a) Admits as regular students only individuals having a certificate of graduation from a high school, or the recognized equivalent of a certificate of graduation;
  (b) Is legally authorized in this state to provide a program of education beyond high school;
  (c) Provides an educational program for which it awards a bachelor's or higher degree, or provides a program that is acceptable for full credit toward a bachelor's or higher degree; a program of postgraduate or postdoctoral studies; or a program of training to prepare students for gainful employment in a recognized occupation; and
  (d) Is a public or other nonprofit institution. See Florida Statutes 520.42
• Insured work: means employment for employers. See Florida Statutes 520.42
• Leave of absence: means a temporary break in service to an employer, for a specified period of time, during which the employing unit guarantees the same or a comparable position to the worker at the expiration of the leave. See Florida Statutes 520.42
• Monetary determination: means a determination of whether and in what amount a claimant is eligible for benefits based on the claimant's employment during the base period of the claim. See Florida Statutes 520.42
• Nonmonetary determination: means a determination of the claimant's eligibility for benefits based on an issue other than monetary entitlement and benefit overpayment. See Florida Statutes 520.42
• oath: includes affirmations. See Florida Statutes 88.6011
• One-stop career center: means a service site established and maintained as part of the one-stop delivery system under…. See Florida Statutes 520.42
• Pay period: means a period of 31 or fewer consecutive days for which a payment or remuneration is ordinarily made to the employee by the person employing him or her. See Florida Statutes 520.42
• person: includes individuals, children, firms, associations, joint adventures, partnerships, estates, trusts, business trusts, syndicates, fiduciaries, corporations, and all other groups or combinations. See Florida Statutes 88.6011
• political subdivision: include counties, cities, towns, villages, special tax school districts, special road and bridge districts, bridge districts, and all other districts in this state. See Florida Statutes 88.6011
• Public employer: means :
  (a) A state agency or political subdivision of the state;
  (b) An instrumentality that is wholly owned by one or more state agencies or political subdivisions of the state; or
  (c) An instrumentality that is wholly owned by one or more state agencies, political subdivisions, or instrumentalities of the state and one or more state agencies or political subdivisions of one or more other states. See Florida Statutes 520.42
• Reasonable assurance: means a written or verbal agreement, an agreement between an employer and a worker understood through tradition within the trade or occupation, or an agreement defined in an employer's policy. See Florida Statutes 520.42
• Reemployment assistance: means cash benefits payable to individuals with respect to their unemployment pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. See Florida Statutes 520.42
• registered mail: include certified mail with return receipt requested. See Florida Statutes 88.6011
• Reimbursement: means a payment of money to the Unemployment Compensation Trust Fund in lieu of a contribution which is required under this chapter to finance reemployment assistance benefits. See Florida Statutes 520.42
• Reimbursing employer: means an employer who is liable for reimbursements in lieu of contributions under this chapter. See Florida Statutes 520.42
• service provider: means the state agency providing reemployment assistance tax collection services under contract with the Department of Economic Opportunity through an interagency agreement pursuant to…. See Florida Statutes 520.42
• State: includes the states of the United States, the District of Columbia, Canada, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. See Florida Statutes 520.42
• State law: means the unemployment insurance law of any state, approved by the United States Secretary of Labor under…. See Florida Statutes 520.42
• Temporary layoff: means a job separation due to lack of work which does not exceed 8 consecutive weeks and which has a fixed or approximate return-to-work date. See Florida Statutes 520.42
• unemployed: means :
  (a) An individual is "totally unemployed" in any week during which he or she does not perform any services and for which earned income is not payable to him or her. See Florida Statutes 520.42
• Wages: means remuneration subject to this chapter under…. See Florida Statutes 520.42
• Week: means a period of 7 consecutive days as defined in the rules of the Department of Economic Opportunity. See Florida Statutes 520.42
• writing: includes handwriting, printing, typewriting, and all other methods and means of forming letters and characters upon paper, stone, wood, or other materials. See Florida Statutes 88.6011