Unemployment
76 laws
Missouri unemployment laws cover eligibility for benefits, the claims process, disqualifications, and employer contributions. They govern how the state's unemployment insurance system works.
Title of law
RSMo 288.010
Public policy declared
RSMo 288.020
Definitions
RSMo 288.030
Employer defined, exceptions
RSMo 288.032
Employment defined
RSMo 288.034
Owner and operator leasing motor vehicle with driver to a for-hire common or contract carrier not deemed employed for unemployment compensation, exception
RSMo 288.035
Wages defined
RSMo 288.036
Indian tribes considered employers for purposes of unemployment compensation payments, when
RSMo 288.037
Maximum weekly benefit amount defined
RSMo 288.038
Eligibility for benefits
RSMo 288.040
Employer to provide notice of ineligibility for unemployment benefits, when
RSMo 288.041
War on terror veterans, defined
RSMo 288.042
Misconduct connected with the claimant's work, when
RSMo 288.045
General assembly's intent to abrogate certain case law
RSMo 288.046
Benefits denied unemployed workers, when
RSMo 288.050
Temporary employees, defined, deemed to have voluntarily quit employment, when
RSMo 288.051
Retraining programs, eligibility to receive benefits while in program, requirements
RSMo 288.055
Benefits, how paid
RSMo 288.060
"On" and "Off" indicators, state and national, how determined
RSMo 288.062
Claims for benefits
RSMo 288.070
Employer, when subject to law
RSMo 288.080
Contributions required, when
RSMo 288.090
Experience rating
RSMo 288.100
Rules, procedures
RSMo 288.102
Transfer of employer accounts
RSMo 288.110
Employer's rate, how determined
RSMo 288.113
Employer's contribution rate, how determined
RSMo 288.120
Rate increased when average balance in fund is less than certain amount, how
RSMo 288.121
If cash in fund exceeds certain amounts, contribution rate to decrease, amount
RSMo 288.122
Average annual payroll defined
RSMo 288.124
Voluntary payments by employer
RSMo 288.125
Ineligibility for rate calculation, rate used, positive and negative experience rate account balances
RSMo 288.126
Additional assessment for interest on federal advancements and proceeds of credit instruments, procedure
RSMo 288.128
Employer records
RSMo 288.130
Unemployment automation fund created, use of moneys
RSMo 288.132
Unemployment automation adjustment, amount
RSMo 288.133
Contribution adjustments or refunds
RSMo 288.140
Unpaid contributions, interest rate due, abatement during extensions
RSMo 288.150
Assessment of delinquent contributions
RSMo 288.160
Collection of delinquent contributions
RSMo 288.170
Debtor's federal income tax refund may be intercepted
RSMo 288.175
Compromise of delinquent contributions
RSMo 288.180
Administrative appeals on disputed determinations
RSMo 288.190
Appeals to labor and industrial relations commission
RSMo 288.200
Judicial review of decisions of industrial commission, grounds
RSMo 288.210
Finding of fact, conclusion of law, judgment or order not conclusive or binding, when
RSMo 288.215
Administration of law
RSMo 288.220
Resume retrieval program, division may administer, charge fees
RSMo 288.222
Group insurance for employees of division
RSMo 288.225
Power to subpoena records and witnesses
RSMo 288.230
Papers, deemed filed, when
RSMo 288.240
Records of division constitute evidence of date of mailing or electronic transmission
RSMo 288.245
Electronic document transmission and filing requirements
RSMo 288.247
Records confidential
RSMo 288.250
Cooperation with not-for-profit agencies authorized
RSMo 288.251
Annual report
RSMo 288.260
Unemployment compensation fund, established
RSMo 288.290
Unemployment compensation administration fund, administration and disbursement
RSMo 288.300
Special employment security fund
RSMo 288.310
Federal funds, how used
RSMo 288.320
State liability for benefits limited, authority for application and repayment of federal advances
RSMo 288.330
Cooperation with federal government and sister states
RSMo 288.340
Division may participate in federal comprehensive manpower programs
RSMo 288.345
Effect of amendments to related federal law
RSMo 288.350
Records of division
RSMo 288.360
Law does not confer vested rights
RSMo 288.370
Discharge for testifying prohibited, civil action for damages, statute of limitations
RSMo 288.375
Notice given to filer of claim, taxation of benefits
RSMo 288.379
Void agreements
RSMo 288.380
Collection of benefits paid when claimant later determined ineligible or awarded back pay
RSMo 288.381
Uncollectible benefit overpayments, how determined
RSMo 288.382
State to comply with minimum standards prescribed by federal law
RSMo 288.390
Fraud or misrepresentation, penalties
RSMo 288.395
Contracts with consumer reporting agencies authorized
RSMo 288.398
Shared work program created
RSMo 288.500
Extension of benefits
RSMo 288.501