| | | (2) The claimant worked and had earnings from that work, but | | does not furnish the amount of earnings; |
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| | | (3) The claimant was not able or available for work for a | | specific portion of the week and there is sufficient | | information for the deputy to determine that the | | inability or unavailability for work was for good | | cause; or |
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| | | (4) The claimant received a specific amount of other | | remuneration as described in section 1193, subsection | | 5. |
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| | B. The commissioner shall notify all claimants when a | weekly claim is filed that they must provide an estimate of | their earnings if they do not know the actual amount and, if | no estimate is provided, benefits will be withheld pending | receipt of that information. Benefits shall be paid on the | basis of the estimate provided until actual information is | available. |
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| | | Sec. 9. 26 MRSA §1221, sub-§4-A is enacted to read: |
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| | | 4-A.__Employer's experience classifications after January 1, | | 2000.__For rate years commencing on or after January 1, 2000, the | | commissioner shall compute annually contribution rates for each | | employer based on the employer's own experience rating record and | | shall designate a schedule and planned yield. |
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| | | A.__The standard rate of contributions is 5.4%.__A | | contributing employer's rate may not be varied from the | | standard rate unless the employer's experience rating record | | has been chargeable with benefits throughout the period of | | 24 consecutive calendar months ending on the computation | | date applicable to such a year.__A contributing employer | | newly subject to this chapter shall pay contributions at a | | rate equal to the predetermined yield until the employer's | | experience rating record has been chargeable with benefits | | throughout the period of 24 consecutive calendar months | | ending on the computation date applicable to such a year.__ | | For rate years thereafter, the employer's contribution rate | | is determined in accordance with this subsection and | | subsection 3. |
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| | | B.__Subject to paragraph A, an employer's contribution rate for | | the 12-month period commencing January 1st of each year is based | | upon the employer's experience rating record and determined from | | the employer's reserve ratio.__The employer's reserve ratio is | | the percent obtained by dividing the amount, if any, by which the | | employer's contributions, |
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