Definitions for "Covered Employment"
Employment covered by the Employment Security Law including any work for which wages are paid by: (1) an employer who has one or more workers in any twenty weeks during a calendar year, or whose payroll is $1,500 or more during a calendar quarter; (2) an agricultural employer who has ten or more workers in any twenty weeks during a calendar year, or who pays $20,000 or more in wages in any calendar quarter; (3) an employer who pays $1,000 or more for domestic service during any calendar quarter; (4) state and local governments; (5) non-profit elementary and secondary schools.
Those jobs covered by the unemployment compensation programs. At this time, those not covered include most agricultural workers, and self-employed and people working for small non-profit entitities.
Services performed for an employer covered by the CESA. Determination—A decision by the Division that a claimant is or is not eligible to receive unemployment insurance benefits or that an employer is subject to the CESA.