Authority: IC 22-4-18-1; IC 22-4.1-3-3

Affected: IC 22-4; IC 22-4.1

Sec. 5. (a) Claims for benefits or waiting period shall be filed:

1. (1) by interstate claimants on uniform interstate claim forms and in accordance with the uniform procedures developed pursuant to the interstate benefit payment plan; and
2. (2) in accordance with the type of week in use in 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 rules or regulations for intrastate claims in local employment offices, at an itinerant point, by mail, or by electronic transmission.

(c) With respect to claims for weeks of unemployment in which an individual was not working for the individual's regular employer, the liable state shall, under circumstances that it considers good cause, accept a continued claim filed up to one (1) week, or one (1) reporting period, late. If a claimant files more than one (1) reporting period late, an initial claim must be used to begin a claim series, and no continued claim for a past period shall be accepted.

(d) With respect to weeks of unemployment during which an individual is attached to the individual's regular employer, the liable state shall accept any claim that is filed within the time limit applicable to such claims under the law of the agent state.

(Department of Workforce Development; 646 IAC 5-11-5; filed Apr 26, 2011, 11:23 a.m.: 20110525-IR-646100464FRA; readopted filed Nov 27, 2017, 3:22 p.m.: 20171227-IR-646170447RFA; filed Feb 25, 2019, 2:18 p.m.: 20190327-IR-646180408FRA, eff Mar 30, 2019; readopted filed Jun 16, 2023, 1:21 p.m.: 20230712-IR-646230344RFA)