Section 8 AAC 85.351 - [Effective 6/28/2024] Able and available for suitable work: registration for work(a) A claimant who files a claim for benefits in a state that acts as an agent in taking claims for benefits held by this state shall register for work within seven days from the date the initial claim is filed and maintain the placement registration for work in accordance with the statutes, regulations, and procedures of the state in which the claim is filed.(b) A claimant who files for benefits in this state shall register for work and maintain an active placement registration for work in this state as required by AS 23.20 and this section. An active placement registration for work in this state means the claimant has registered with the labor exchange system operated by the division and has posted an online resume that is available for employers and division staff to match with available jobs. A claimant shall register for work (1) in person at the employment service office of the division that is nearest the claimant's residence;(2) by telephone, if permitted by the director based on resource availability; or(3) by electronic means at the department's website.(c) The director shall find that a claimant is not available for work for any week ending before completion of a placement registration for work or for any week in which the claimant has not maintained a placement registration for work. To be considered available for work from the date of the initial claim, a claimant must complete a placement registration for work within seven days after filing the initial claim. If the placement registration for work is not completed within seven days, the claimant is considered available for work the week the placement registration is completed. To be considered available for work for any following week claimed within the benefit year, the claimant must maintain the placement registration for work.(e) The director shall require a claimant to have and maintain a placement registration for work if the claimant is ready for work in at least one occupation. The director shall consider a claimant ready for work in an occupation if the claimant meets the skill qualifications for the occupation. If the director requires a claimant to have a placement registration, upon completion of the placement registration, the claimant will be placed in active status in the job-matching system for the division and will be referable to job orders placed by employers with the division.(f) The director may assign a preplacement registration to a claimant who has been selected as in need of reemployment services under 8 AAC 85.357 or has other barriers to reemployment as determined by the director. If the director assigns a claimant to a preplacement registration, the claimant will be eligible for reemployment services, but will not be placed in active status in the job-matching system of the division. The director shall convert the preplacement registration to a placement registration when the director determines that the claimant is ready for work.(g) The director may defer registration for work for a claimant who is (1) temporarily unemployed with a definite date to return to full-time work within 45 days after the date the claimant files the initial claim;(2) unemployed due to a labor dispute;(3) traveling immediately following the filing of the initial claim, for the purpose of relocating outside of this state; upon arrival in the new area of residence, the claimant shall register for work as required in (a) of this section;(5) normally hired through a trade union, if the union furnishes information when requested by the director to verify the claimant's current membership and eligibility for dispatch;(8) under an approved waiver of availability under AS 23.20.378 or 23.20.382.(i) If the director does not require the claimant to have a placement registration, the director shall inform the claimant that the placement registration requirement has been deferred and advise the claimant of available employment services.Eff. 10/12/97, Register 144; am 11/7/2001, Register 160; am 3/4/2006, Register 177; am 3/25/2007, Register 181; am 6/27/2014, Register 210, July 2014; am 6/28/2024, Register 250, July 2024The Department of Labor and Workforce Development's website address for the purposes of registering for work through the Internet under 8 AAC 85.351 is www.jobs.state.ak.us.
Authority:AS 23.20.045
AS 23.20.080
AS 23.20.378
AS 23.20.382
AS 23.20.385
AS 23.20.520