La. Admin. Code tit. 40 § IV-325

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 8, August 20, 2024

Section IV-325 - Definitions of Week

A. The term:

1. week - a calendar week;

2. calendar week - the seven consecutive days commencing at 12:01 a.m. on Sunday and ending at midnight on Saturday.

B. Week of Total or Part-Total Unemployment

1. A week of total or part-total unemployment - the seven-consecutive-day period commencing with the first day of the calendar week in which occurs the day, subsequent to his separating from work, on which an individual registers and files a claim to the Louisiana Workforce Commission, except as otherwise provided in §325. B.2

2. A week of total or part-total unemployment for an individual who fails for good cause to register and file a claim for benefits as specified in §325. B 1-3 shall consist of the calendar week in which the individual becomes unemployed, provided that such individual registers with the Louisiana Workforce Commission within a period of seven days after such first day of total or part-total unemployment, or on the next day thereafter on which the itinerant service is available, or by mail within 14 days after the commencement of such unemployment; and thereafter each calendar week immediately following such week, provided the individual claims benefits for each such week in accordance with regulations.

3. A week of total or part-total unemployment of any individual affected by a mass separation or labor dispute shall consist of the calendar week in which the individual becomes unemployed, provided that notice thereof is filed by the individual with the administrator within 14 days next following such first day of unemployment; and thereafter each calendar week immediately following such week, provided the individual claims benefits for any such week in accordance with regulations.

C. Week of Partial Unemployment

1. With respect to a partially unemployed individual as defined by §327. B.1 whose wages are paid on a weekly basis, a week of partial unemployment shall consist of a calendar week, provided that the administrator may, upon his own initiative or upon application, prescribe as to any individual or group of individuals such other seven-consecutive-day period as he may find appropriate under the circumstances.

2. For the purpose of this regulation, an individual shall be deemed to be partially unemployed during not more than four consecutive weeks of total unemployment if such weeks immediately follow a week of partial unemployment and if in such weeks there is a reasonable expectation of his return to employment with such employer.

La. Admin. Code tit. 40, § IV-325

Promulgated by the Department of Labor, Office of Employment Security, LR 15:489 (June 1989), amended by the Department of Employment and Training, Office of Employment Security, LR 17:41 (January 1991), amended by the Workforce Commission, Office of Unemployment Insurance, LR 39:1835 (July 2013).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 23:1471-1713.