R994-106-102. Definition of Terms

  (1) Agent State.

  Agent state means any state in which an individual files a claim for benefits from another state or states.

  (2) Combined-Wage Claim.

  A combined-wage claim is a claim using wage credits from more than one state.

  (3) Combined-Wage Claimant.

  A claimant who uses wages from more than one state to establish monetary entitlement to benefits.

  (4) Commuter.

  Commuter applies to each individual who, immediately before becoming unemployed, customarily commuted from his residence in the agent state to his work in the liable state.

  (5) Employment and Wages.

  "Employment" refers to all services which are covered under the unemployment compensation law of a state, whether expressed in terms of weeks of work or otherwise. "Wages" refers to all remuneration for such employment.

  (6) Interstate Benefit Payment Plan.

  This is the plan approved by the Interstate Conference of Employment Security Agencies under which benefits are payable to unemployed individuals absent from the state (or states) in which benefit credits have been accumulated.

  (7) Liable State.

  The liable state is the same as the paying state.

  (8) Paying State.

  The paying state is the state against which the claimant is filing that actually issues the benefit checks.

  (9) State.

  State includes the states of the United States of America, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.

  (10) State Agency.

  The agency which administers the unemployment compensation law of a state.

  (11) Transferring State.

  A transferring state is one in which the claimant had covered employment and wages within the base period of the paying state that can be transferred to establish a claim. Wages from more than one transferring state can be used to establish a combined wage claim.