Wyo. Code R. 053-0018-13
Unemployment Insurance
Chapter 13: Claims for Benefits for Total Unemployment
Effective Date: 10/28/1994 to 06/20/1996
Rule Type: Superceded Rules & Regulations
Reference Number: 053.0018.13.10281994
Date Filed 07/27/93
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Document Type RULES
Section 1. Filing by Telephone or in Person at an Office of the Division. Any individual claiming benefits for unemployment under the Wyoming Employment Security Law shall proceed as follows:
(a) Any individual residing in Wyoming prior to receiving benefits for unemployment shall, whenever possible, report in person to the Wyoming Department of Employment office most accessible to him and shall there register for work and file a claim for benefits, except as provided in subsection (c).
(b) During the first four weeks following the effective date of a claimant's initial claim or additional claim for benefits, an individual is considered registered for work if he is job attached or is a member of a labor union with dues paid in full and is registered for work with his union local. After this four-week period, the individual must register for work as provided in subsection (a), supra.
(c) An individual not registered for work as specified herein is not eligible for benefits under W.S. 27-3-306(a)(i).
An individual residing in Wyoming may file an initial or additional claim by telephone provided that he reports in person as directed by the claims office and not later than 21 days from the effective date of the claim. If the claimant does not report in person as directed, the claim is invalid. If the claimant does report as instructed, he is considered registered for work as long as he completes his registration in full at that time, and the Unemployment Insurance Division notifies the Job Service Division of the telephone claim during the week filed.
(d) An initial claim shall be filed on a form provided by the Commission and shall set forth the following:
(i) That he is unemployed. (ii) That he claims benefits.
(iii) His social security number. (iv)
Such other information as is required by the form.
(e) The effective date of an initial claim or of an additional claim shall be the Sunday prior to the day when the individual first appeared at the claims office or telephoned the claims office for the purpose of initiating a new unemployment insurance claim or reopening an existing claim following a period of unemployment, unless the claimant requests that the claim be
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effective the following Sunday or unless the claimant has excessive earnings during that week and is separated from employment.
(f) In order to maintain continuing eligibility for benefits with respect to any weeks of unemployment during any continuous period of unemployment, such individual shall continue to report in the manner and on the dates and file claims as directed by the Division. No continued claim shall be valid until the claimant shall furnish to the Division a signed claim for benefits on a form provided by the Division, on which he shall set forth the following:
(i) That he continues his claim for benefits.
(ii) That during the period for which benefits are claimed he performed no work and earned no wages, except as reported thereon.
(iii) That he was able to work and available for work.
(iv) Such other information as is required by the form.
(a) The effective date of an initial claim filed by an individual located in an area served by an itinerant representative of the Division shall be the Sunday prior to the individual's first day of filing a claim for unemployment, provided such individual registers for work and makes a claim for benefits with an itinerant representative on the first visit of such representative following the commencement of the individual's unemployment; and provided further that if an individual fails to register and file a claim for benefits upon such first visit of an itinerant representative he may register for work and claim benefits upon the next visit of an itinerant representative and such claim will become effective as if he had registered for work and claimed benefits upon the first visit, if good cause for failure to register and file earlier is established to the satisfaction of the Division.
(a) When it is impractical, as determined by the Division, for an unemployed individual to report either to a Wyoming State Job Service Office or to an itinerant representative as provided in Sections 1 and 2 of this Regulation, the effective date of an initial claim filed by mail shall be the Sunday prior to the day in which such individual mails his written request for registration and benefit claim forms to his nearest Wyoming Unemployment Insurance Office; provided that such individual mails such completed forms not later than the seventh day following the date on which the requested forms were mailed to him. If such individual fails to mail his registration and claim as provided above, such individual's claim for benefits shall be effective as of the Sunday prior to the day on which such completed forms are mailed; provided that failure to return completed forms within the time prescribed above may be excused if good cause for such delay is established to the satisfaction of the Division.
(b) In order to maintain continuing eligibility for benefits with respect to any weeks of unemployment during any continuous period of unemployment, such individual shall mail or bring in-person to the Division a completed claim on a form furnished by the Division. Each continued claim in any period of continuous unemployment shall be mailed not later than Friday following the week ending date covered by the claim(s), or fourteen (14) days from the date the pay order was issued to the claimant, whichever is later. Failure to return completed forms within the time prescribed may be excused if good cause for such delay is established to the satisfaction of the Division.
Section 4. Interruption of Claims Series. Where a continuous period of unemployment is terminated or interrupted by reemployment or any other event which prevents continuing eligibility for benefits, a claimant, in order to receive benefits for any week of unemployment for which he was in all respects eligible before such termination or interruption, shall furnish to the Division a signed claim for benefits for such weeks. Such claim will be supplied by the Division upon request and must be filed by the claimant within fourteen (14) days after the end of the week for which benefits are claimed, or within fourteen (14) days from the date the pay order was issued to the claimant, whichever is later.
Section 5. Continuing of Claims When Claimant Moves to Another Locality. An individual moving to another locality in Wyoming, or to another State, after filing an initial claim for benefits may be permitted to continue his claim for unemployment by reporting to a local office in his new community, to an itinerant representative or by mail, as directed.
Section 6. Claim Withdrawal. An initial claim may only be withdrawn upon written request by the claimant within five (5) days after the claim is filed except as provided under the Interstate agreement for monetary eligibility.