La. Admin. Code tit. 40 § IV-329

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

Section IV-329 - Registration for Work and Claims for Benefits for Total and Part-Total Unemployment

A. Claims for benefits for total or part-total unemployment shall be made on forms prescribed by the administrator for that purpose. In order to claim benefits or waiting period credits for unemployment, an individual shall:

1. file a claim for benefits.

B. The continued claim for benefits for total or part-total unemployment shall be made on forms prescribed by the administrator. Except as otherwise provided in this Section and §333, to establish eligibility for benefits or waiting credits for weeks of total or part-total unemployment during any continuous period of unemployment, the claimant shall continue to report weekly or biweekly, or at more frequent intervals, if directed by the administrator or his representative, to the Louisiana Workforce Commission, provided the reporting at more frequent intervals places no unreasonable burden on him or does not unreasonably limit his opportunity to establish his rights to benefits. For reasons found to be cause for any individual's failure to report, a continued claim may be accepted from such individual, effective as of the first day of his week of total or part-total unemployment, if such continued claim is filed within seven days following the date specified for his reporting. If the failure of an individual to file such a claim at the time specified is found to be without good cause or if the continued claim is not filed within the above mentioned seven days, the continued claim will be disallowed.

C. An individual who returns to employment under conditions which no longer render him eligible for benefits or waiting period credits may claim benefits in person or by mail for the week or portion of a week immediately preceding his employment, provided the week or portion of a week follows without interruption an initial claim or a week for which benefits or waiting period credits were claimed.

D. The administrator may waive or alter either or both of the requirements of this Section to an individual who:

1. is a paid up union member of a recognized craft union;

2. is partially employed and files a claim for part-total benefits;

3. files a claim for shared-work benefits under a shared-work plan; or

4. is on temporary layoff from his regular work with a definite date of return and holds himself available for reemployment at his last place of work.

La. Admin. Code tit. 40, § IV-329

Promulgated by the Department of Labor, Office of Employment Security, LR 15:490 (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.