Md. Code Regs. 09.32.05.05

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 12, June 14, 2024

Section 09.32.05.05 - Claims for Benefits

A. Claims for benefits or waiting period shall be filed by interstate claimants on uniform interstate claim forms and in accordance with uniform procedures developed pursuant to the Interstate Benefit Payment Plan. Claims shall be filed in accordance with the type of week in use by the agent state. Any adjustments required to fit the type of week used by the liable state shall be made by the liable state on the basis of consecutive claims filed.

B. Claims shall be filed in accordance with agent state regulations for interstate claims in local employment offices, or at an itinerant point, or by mail.

C. With respect to claims for weeks of unemployment in which an individual was not working for his regular employer, the liable state, under circumstance which it considers good cause, shall accept a continued claim filed up to 1 week, or one reporting period, late. If a claimant files more than one reporting period late, an initial claim shall be used to begin a claim series and a continued claim for a past period may not be accepted.

D. With respect to weeks of unemployment during which an individual is attached to his regular employer, the liable state shall accept any claim which is filed within the time limit applicable to the claims under the law of the agent state.

Md. Code Regs. 09.32.05.05