West Virginia § 21A-6-1 Eligibility qualifications

West Virginia Statutes

§ 21A-6-1 — Eligibility qualifications

West Virginia § 21A-6-1

Ch. 21AUNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION

Art. 6EMPLOYEE ELIGIBILITY; BENEFITS

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W. Va. Code § 21A-6-1 (2026).

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An unemployed individual shall be eligible to receive benefits only if the commissioner finds that:

(1)He or she has registered for work at and thereafter continues to report at an employment office in accordance with the regulations of the commissioner;

(2)He or she has made a claim for benefits in accordance with the provisions of article seven of this chapter §21A-7-1et seq. of this code and has furnished his or her Social Security number, or numbers if he or she has more than one such number;

(3)He or she is able to work and is available for full-time work for which he or she is fitted by prior training or experience and is actively seeking work as defined in §21A-6-1d of this code;

(4)He or she has been totally or partially unemployed during his or her benefit year for a waiti

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An unemployed individual shall be eligible to receive benefits only if the commissioner finds that:

(1) He or she has registered for work at and thereafter continues to report at an employment office in accordance with the regulations of the commissioner;

(2) He or she has made a claim for benefits in accordance with the provisions of article seven of this chapter §21A-7-1et seq. of this code and has furnished his or her Social Security number, or numbers if he or she has more than one such number;

(3) He or she is able to work and is available for full-time work for which he or she is fitted by prior training or experience and is actively seeking work as defined in §21A-6-1d of this code;

(4) He or she has been totally or partially unemployed during his or her benefit year for a waiting period of one-week prior to the week for which he or she claims benefits for total or partial unemployment;

(5) He or she has within his or her base period been paid wages for employment equal to not less than $2,200 and must have earned wages in more than one quarter of his or her base period or, if he or she is not eligible under his or her base period, has within his or her alternative base period been paid wages for employment equal to not less than $2,200 and must have earned wages in more than one quarter of his or her alternative base period; and

(6) He or she participates in reemployment services as defined in §21A-6-1d of this code, such as job search assistance services, if the individual has been determined to be likely to exhaust regular benefits and needs reemployment services pursuant to a profiling system established by the commissioner, unless the commissioner determines that:

(A) The individual has completed such services; or

(B) There is justifiable cause for the claimant's failure to participate in such services.

The amendments made to this section during the 2024 Regular Session shall become effective July 1, 2024.

Legislative History

2024 Reg. Sess., SB840; 2024 Reg. Sess., SB841; 2023 Reg. Sess., SB59; 2022 Reg. Sess., SB3; 2009 Reg. Sess., SB246; 2005 Reg. Sess., HB3355; 1994 Reg. Sess., SB377; 1987 Reg. Sess., HB2727; 1985 Reg. Sess., HB1904; 1985 Reg. Sess., SB195; 1981 Reg. Sess., HB1255; 1979 Reg. Sess., HB1286; 1963 Reg. Sess., SB217; 1953 Reg. Sess., HB225; 1945 Reg. Sess., SB182; 1943 Reg. Sess., HB278; 1939 Reg. Sess., HB275; 1939 Reg. Sess., HB1