Ariz. Admin. Code § R20-5-1003 - Filing Requirements; Time for Filing; Computation of Time

A. A claimant shall file a claim with the Department within one year of the date of the accrual of the claim.

B. In computing any period of time prescribed or allowed by this Article, the day of the act or event from which the designated period of time begins to run is not included. The last day of the period and Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays are included in the computation of time.

C. The date of filing of the claim is the date the claimant's wage claim form is received by the Department.

D. The Department shall deem a form, document, instrument, or other written record filed at the Tucson office as filed at the Phoenix office for the purpose of computing time.

E. An individual filing a form or document related to a claim shall legibly fill out the form or document.

F. If the wage claim form received from a claimant does not include the information required by R20-5-1002(1), the Department shall return the wage claim form to the claimant with a request that the claimant provide the required information and return the completed wage claim form to the Department within 14 days of the date of service of the Department's request. If the Department does not receive the completed wage claim form within 14 days, the Department shall not initiate an investigation of the claim and the Department shall consider the claim withdrawn without prejudice. The claimant may re-file a withdrawn wage claim with the information required by R20-5-1002(1), if the claim is re-filed within one year of the date of the accrual of the claim.

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Ariz. Admin. Code § R20-5-1003

Adopted effective January 26, 1988 (Supp. 88-1). R20-5-1003 recodified from R4-13-1003 (Supp. 95-1). Former R20-5-1003 renumbered to R20-5-1004; new R20-5-1003 made by final rulemaking at 12 A.A.R. 1416, effective June 4, 2006 (Supp. 06-2). Amended by final rulemaking at 27 A.A.R. 515, effective 5/14/2021.