Section Emp 411.02 - Definitions(a) "Allowable business activity" means a business activity that meets the requirements of Emp 411.03(g).(b) "Business Advisor" means a counselor approved by the NH Small Business Development Center to provide one-on-one business assistance services to participants in the PTW Program.(c) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of the department.(d) "Department" means the New Hampshire department of employment security.(e) "Establishing a business" means organizing the production, marketing, and sale of products or services. This term includes enterprises organized as legal not-for-profit ventures.(f) "Employment Service Representative" means the designated staff member at each department of employment security local office responsible for coordinating orientation and applications for PTW Program applicants.(g) "Extended Benefits" means benefits paid under the state-federal extended benefit program.(h) "Full-time basis" means that the individual is devoting such amount of time as is customary to establish a business that will serve as a full-time occupation for that individual, but in no case less than the hours required for full-time work as provided at RSA 282-A:9, VIII.(i) "Pathway to Work (PTW) Program" means New Hampshire's self-employment assistance program, as defined in RSA 282-A:31-g, V.(j) "N.H. Small Business Development Center (SBDC)" means the outreach program of the Peter T. Paul College of Business and Economics at the University of New Hampshire which is a cooperative venture with the U.S. Small Business Administration and the N.H. Department of Resources and Economic Development.(k) "Regular benefits" means benefits payable to an individual under this chapter, including benefits payable to federal civilian employees and to former members of the United States Armed Forces pursuant to the United States Code, Chapter 85. Regular benefits do not include the self-employment assistance allowance and extended benefits or benefits through other programs that provide additional benefits or benefit extensions.(l) "Self-employment assistance activities" means activities related to establishing a business and becoming self-employed as required and monitored by SBDC and the Department in accordance with Emp 411.07.(m) "Self-employment assistance allowance" means an allowance, equal to and payable in lieu of regular benefits, from the unemployment compensation trust fund to an individual who meets the requirements of and is participating in the PTW Program.(n) "Self-employed individual" means an individual who is in business for him or herself and carries on the business as: (3) A limited liability company (LLC); or(o) "Unsuitable business" means a business in which: (1) Services are performed by an individual as an insurance agent or insurance solicitor for commissions as set forth in RSA 282-A:9, IV(k);(2) Services are performed by an individual as a licensed real estate broker or a licensed real estate salesperson for commissions as set forth in RSA 282-A:9, IV(q);(3) Services are performed as a direct seller as set forth in RSA 282-A:9, IV(s); or(4) Gambling activities are included.(p) "Worker profiling system" means a system established by the department that utilizes a statistical profile, as described in Emp 501.08(b), to predict the likelihood that an individual will exhaust his or her unemployment benefits.N.H. Admin. Code § Emp 411.02
Derived From Volume XXXVI Number 10, Filed March 10, 2016, Proposed by #11045, Effective 2/24/2016, Expires 2/24/2026.