(1) Information
about training benefits will be included in the informational notice sent to
you at the time you file your application for unemployment benefits (see WAC
192-120-010) . For purposes of
subsections (2) and (3) of this section, the informational notice is considered
your notification of the eligibility requirements for the training benefits
program.
(2) Submitting a training
plan.
Except for dislocated workers eligible under
RCW
50.22.155(2)(a)(i), you have
ninety calendar days to submit a training plan to the department for approval,
beginning on the date you are notified by the department about the eligibility
requirements for training benefits. For new claims, the deadline will be
ninety-five calendar days from the date your application for benefits is filed,
which represents ninety days plus five days for the informational notice to
reach you if sent by regular mail.
(3) Enrollment in training.
Except for dislocated workers eligible under
RCW
50.22.155(2)(a)(i), you must
be enrolled in training within one hundred twenty calendar days, beginning on
the date you are notified about the eligibility requirements for training
benefits. For new claims, the deadline will be one hundred twenty-five calendar
days from the date your application for benefits is filed, which represents one
hundred twenty days plus five days for the informational notice to reach you if
sent by regular mail.
(4)
If you are a dislocated worker eligible under
RCW
50.22.155(2)(a)(i), you must
submit a training plan and enroll in training prior to the end of your benefit
year.
(5) Except for dislocated
workers eligible under
RCW
50.22.155(2)(a)(i), these
time frames may be waived for good cause. For purposes of this section, "good
cause" includes but is not limited to situations where:
(a) You were employer attached, including
being on standby or partially unemployed, when you filed your claim for
unemployment benefits but your attachment to your employer subsequently
ended;
(b) You acted or failed to
act on authoritative advice directly from department or partner staff upon
which a reasonable person would normally rely;
(c) You were incapacitated due to illness or
injury or other factors of similar gravity. "Illness" includes a request from a
medical professional, local health official, or the Secretary of Health to be
isolated or quarantined as a consequence of an infection from a disease that is
the subject of a public health emergency, even if you have not been actually
diagnosed with the disease that is the subject of a public health emergency;
or
(d) Other factors which would
effectively prevent a reasonably prudent person, as defined in WAC
192-100-010, facing similar
circumstances, from meeting the time frames established under this
section.
(6) If you
return to work, and subsequently become unemployed, the time frames described
in subsections (2) and (3) begin with the date you file your additional claim
for benefits.
Notes
Wash. Admin. Code §
192-270-035
Amended by
WSR
14-06-019, filed 2/24/14, effective
3/27/2014
Amended by
WSR
16-21-013, Filed 10/7/2016, effective
11/14/2016
Amended by
WSR
22-13-007, Filed 6/2/2022, effective
7/3/2022
Statutory Authority:
RCW
50.12.010,
50.12.040, and
50.22.155(12).
12-09-025, § 192-270-035, filed 4/6/12, effective 7/1/12. Statutory
Authority:
RCW
50.12.010,
50.12.040, and
50.20.010. 09-20-095, §
192-270-035, filed 10/7/09, effective 11/7/09. Statutory Authority:
RCW
50.12.010,
50.20.010, and
50.22.150(10).
01-11-085, § 192-270-035, filed 5/16/01, effective
6/16/01.
