{"id":"ND-008","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"North Dakota","state":"ND","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Governor Doug Burgum","authority":"N.D. Const. art. V, § 1; N.D.C.C. ch. 37-17.1","instrument":"Executive Order 2020-08","title":"Suspension of unemployment insurance work-registration, work-search and requalification requirements for COVID-19-related unemployment; employer accounts not charged","dateIssued":"2020-03-20","effective":"2020-03-13 (retroactive)","end":"Work registration and search restored July 26, 2020 (EO 2020-08.2); EO 2020-08 terminated by EO 2020-44 (Dec. 18, 2020); successor EO 2020-08.3 (Dec. 31, 2020) ended with EO 2021-09 (Apr. 30, 2021)","startDate":"2020-03-13","endDate":"2020-12-31","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4"],"types":["OTHER"],"addressees":["Job Service North Dakota","employers (base-period charging)","claimants"],"clause":"Effective March 13, 2020, those portions of NDCC 52-04-07 specifying the charging of base-period employers are suspended under the following circumstances: Benefits paid to an individual whose unemployment is related directly or indirectly to COVID-19 shall not be charged against the accounts of the individual\u0027s employer.... the requirement in N.D.C.C. § 52-06-01 (2)(a) that an individual must register for work shall be suspended for those individuals whose unemployment is related to COVID-19.","enforcement":"Suspension of statutory requirements","functions":["WF workforce (unemployment during closures)","HR"],"notes":"Recites \u0027undue economic hardships resulting from unemployment directly resulting from the implementation of federal and state guidelines to mitigate the spread of COVID-19\u0027 and impacts on \u0027businesses in the energy sector\u0027. Context for workforce availability; not itself a limitation on commerce.","sourceUrl":"https://www.governor.nd.gov/sites/www/files/documents/executive-orders/Executive%20Order%202020-08.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":140099,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"ND","url":"/library/ND-008","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/ND-008","citation":"Governor Doug Burgum, Executive Order 2020-08 (Mar. 20, 2020) (Ex. ND-008)","stateName":"North Dakota","related":["ND-014","ND-021","ND-056","ND-001","ND-002","ND-003","ND-004","ND-005","ND-006","ND-007","ND-009","ND-010"]}