8 AAC 85.100 - Intrastate claims filing: initial claims
(a) Intrastate
initial claims, including new claims, transitional claims, additional claims,
and reopened claims, as defined in this chapter, must be filed in accordance
with the standards set out in this section. A claimant is not eligible for
waiting week credit or benefits for any week before the week in which the
initial claim is effective under this section.
(b) A claimant shall file an initial claim
with an unemployment insurance claim center of the division by
(1) electronic means using an Internet
application for benefits, which is the division's preferred and primary method
for filing an initial claim; or
(2)
telephone
(c) An initial
claim is effective Sunday of the week in which the claimant
(1) files the claim; or
(2) requests to file a claim during regular
business hours of the division, if the claim cannot be immediately accepted and
the claimant files the claim within five business days after the date of that
request.
(d) Repealed
3/30/2016.
(e) Repealed
3/25/2007.
(f) A claimant who is in
continued claim status at the end of a benefit year must file a new claim to
begin a new benefit year. An extended benefit claimant who is in continued
claim status at the end of the benefit year, or at the end of any quarter
following the benefit year, must file a new claim to determine eligibility for
regular benefits in a new benefit year. The director will send a notice of the
requirement to file a new claim to the claimant at least two weeks before the
end of the benefit year or the end of the applicable calendar
quarter.
(g) A transitional claim,
or any new claim filed during a series of continued claims after the end of a
benefit year, is effective on Sunday of the week immediately following the end
of the benefit year or the applicable calendar quarter, if the claim is filed
no later than seven calendar days after the end of the benefit year or
applicable calendar quarter. The director shall extend the time allowed for
filing the claim if the failure to file the claim earlier was caused by an
oversight or error of the division.
(h) A claimant shall file an additional claim
to begin a new series of continued claims in a benefit year if the claimant had
intervening work and
(1) stopped filing
continued claims; or
(2) earned
wages for a week greater than one and one-third times the weekly benefit amount
plus $50.
(i) An
claimant filing an additional claim shall provide
(1) the name and address of the claimant's
last employer;
(2) the dates of
employment; and
(3) the reason for
separation from that employer.
(j) A claimant who stopped filing continued
claims for a reason other than work shall file a reopened claim to begin a new
series of continued claims in the same benefit year. A claimant filing a
reopened claim shall provide the reason why the claimant stopped filing
continued claims.
Notes
The Department of Labor and Workforce Development's website address for the purposes of applying through the Internet under 8 AAC 85.100 is www.labor.alaska.gov.
Authority:AS 23.20.045
AS 23.20.330
AS 23.20.375
AS 23.20.520
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