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Coverage
In Alaska, state unemployment law covers employers of one or more workers at any time. The state definition of employer includes workers who spend any amount of time or payroll. Workers are considered employees unless:
Exclusions from the definition of employment in Alaska include:
Students working for schools are excluded from coverage.
Alaska does not exclude from coverage service by the spouse of a student when the spouse is employed by the school, college, or university. Student nurses and interns in employ of a hospital are also not excluded.
The services of corporate officers are exempt only if the corporation is not a non-profit or governmental entity and the employee is an executive officer of the corporation.
For state and local governments, policymaking and advisory positions are not excluded from coverage.
Contact
Division of Employment Security
Regulations
Employment Security, 8 AAC 85.010 through 85.510
Contact
U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration
(https://workforcesecurity.doleta.gov/unemploy/uitaxtopic.asp)
Regulations
20 CFR chapter V