West Virginia Code § 21A-2-6a

Reciprocal agreements
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(1) The commissioner may enter into reciprocal arrangements with appropriate and duly
authorized agencies of other states or the federal government, or both, whereby:
(a) Services performed by an individual for a single employing unit for which services are
customarily performed by such individual in more than one state shall be deemed to be
services performed entirely within any one of the states (i) in which any part of such
individual's service is performed or (ii) in which such individual has his residence or (iii) in
which the employing unit maintains a place of business, provided there is in effect, as to
such services, an election by an employing unit, and approved byu the agency charged with
the administration of such state's unemployment compensation law pursuant to which
services performed by such individual for such employing untit are deemed to be performed
entirely within such state;
(b) Potential rights to benefits accumulated under the unemployment compensation laws of
one or more states or under one or more such lawsl of the federal government, or both, may
constitute the basis for the payment of benefitss through a single appropriate agency under
terms which the commissioner finds will be fair and reasonable as to all affected interests
and will not result in any substantial loss to the fund;
(c) Wages or services, upon the basis of which an individual may become entitled to benefits
under an unemployment compensation law of another state or of the federal government,
shall be deemed to be wages for insured work for the purpose of determining his rights to
benefits under this chapter, and wages for insured work, on the basis of which an individual
may become entitled to benefits under this chapter and shall be deemed to be wages or
services on the basis of which unemployment compensation under such law of another state
or of the federal government is payable, but no such arrangement shall be entered into
unless it contains provisions for reimbursements to the fund for such of the benefits paid
under this chapter upon the basis of such wages or services, and provisions for
reimWbursements from the fund for such of the compensation paid under such other law upon
the basis of wages for insured work, as the commissioner finds will be fair and reasonable as
to all affected interests; and
(d) Contributions due under this chapter with respect to wages for insured work shall for the
purposes of this chapter be deemed to have been paid to the fund as of the date payment
was made as contributions therefor under another state or federal unemployment
compensation law, but no such arrangement shall be entered into unless it contains
provisions for such reimbursement to the fund of such contributions as the commissioner
finds will be fair and reasonable as to all affected interests.
(2) Reimbursements paid from the fund pursuant to paragraph (c) of subsection one of this
section shall be deemed to be benefits for the purpose of this chapter. The commissioner is
authorized to make to other states or federal agencies and to receive from such other states
or federal agencies, reimbursements from or to the fund, in accordance with arrangements
entered into pursuant to subsection one of this section.
(3) To the extent permissible under the laws and Constitution of the United States, the
commissioner is authorized to enter into or cooperate in arrangements whereby facilities
and services provided under this chapter and facilities and services provided under the
unemployment compensation law of any foreign government, may be utilized for the taking
of claims and the payment of benefits under the Employment Security Law oef this state or
under a similar law of such government.

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