Kansas Statutes Annotated

K.S.A. § 44-701 (2026)

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44-701. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "employment security law."

History: L. 1937, ch. 255, § 1; L. 1949, ch. 288, § 1; March 5.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 38 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1970–2025 · leading case: Jones v. Kansas State Univ., 106 P.3d 10 (Kan. 2005).
Jones v. Kansas State Univ., 106 P.3d 10 (Kan. 2005). · cites it 2× “" Significant differences exist between the CSA and the Employment Security Law, K.S.A. 44-701 et seq. The two statutory schemes are enforced by different agencies, and the policies behind the two acts differ significantly.”
Wesley Med. Ctr. v. McCain, 597 P.2d 1088 (Kan. 1979). · cites it 3× “*264 The plaintiffs became liable for taxes under Kansas Employment Security Law, K.S.A. 44-701 et seq., January 1, 1972, as non-profit hospitals under K.”
Nat'l Gypsum Co. v. Kansas Emp. Sec. Bd. of Review, 772 P.2d 786 (Kan. 1989). · cites it 2× “44-706(b)(l)(A) of the Kansas Employment Security Law, K.S.A. 44-701 et seq. Randell Porter was employed by the appellant NGC from 1983 to 1986.”
Norris v. Kansas Emp. Sec. Bd. of Review, 367 P.3d 1252 (Kan. 2016). “The 36 days exceeded a 16-day finality time period provided for in the Kansas Employment Security Law (KESL), K.S.A. 44-701 et seq., and a 30-day fifing deadline under the Kansas Judicial Review Act (KJRA), K.”
Campbell v. Husky Hogs, L.L.C., 255 P.3d 1 (Kan. 2011). “Such hearings are provided for under K.S.A. 44-701 et seq. In determining Kansas public policy *231 prevented a termination under those circumstances, the court held the legislature had “strongly expressed a policy against allowing employers to interfere with unemployment…”
Milano's, Inc. v. Kansas Dep't of Labor, 293 P.3d 707 (Kan. 2013). “This case, arising on petition for review, involves the relationship between provisions in the Kansas Employment Security Law (KESL), K.S.A. 44-701 et seq., as they existed before amendments that took effect in 2011 on the one hand and common-law rules used to determine the…”
Norris v. Kansas Emp. Sec. Bd. of Review, 321 P.3d 28 (Kan. Ct. App. 2014). · cites it 2× “This case requires us to decide whether the time period to file a petition for judicial review from a decision of the Board is solely controlled by the Kansas Employment Security Law (KESL), K.S.A. 44-701 et seq., or whether, and to what extent, the Kansas Judicial Review Act…”
CPI Qualified Plan Consultants, Inc. v. Kansas Dep't of Human Resources, 38 P.3d 666 (Kan. 2002). “, Delaware (CPI), a successor employer under the Kansas Employment Security Law (Act), K.S.A. 44-701 et seq., applied for a transfer of its predecessor’s unemployment experience rating.”
Hartford Underwriters Ins. v. State Dep't of Human Resources, 32 P.3d 1146 (Kan. 2001). “The Secretary claims that (1) the injured worker is an employer subject to the Kansas Employment Security Law, K.S.A. 44-701 et seq., (2) the district court erroneously considered disputed facts not included in the agency record, and (3) the district court erred in finding that…”
Batt v. Globe Eng'g Co., 774 P.2d 371 (Kan. Ct. App. 1989). “The transcript at issue was made at an unemployment benefit hearing pursuant to the Kansas Employment Security Law, K.S.A. 44-701 et seq. K.S.A. 1988 Supp. 44-714(f) provides, in part: *502 “Information thus obtained or obtained from any individual pursuant to the administration…”
Johnson v. Kansas Emp. Sec. Bd. of Review, 330 P.3d 1128 (Kan. Ct. App. 2014). · cites it 2× “44-706(a) and correctly applied it to the facts of this case to find that Johnson was disqualified from any and all unemployment compensation benefits when he voluntarily left his position at McDonald's.”
Kansas ex rel. Gordon v. Oliver (In re Oliver), 547 B.R. 423 (Bankr. D. Kan. 2016). · cites it 2× “K.S.A. §§ 44-701 to 770. .For the remainder of this decision, all references to the Bankruptcy Code (Title 11) will be to section number only.”
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