Workforce Services, Department of

Unemployment Insurance

Chapter 31: Disqualification for Invalid Claim

Effective Date: 08/05/1999 to 11/01/2001

Rule Type: Superceded Rules & Regulations

Reference Number: 053.0018.31.08051999

CHAPTER 31

DISQUALIFICATION FOR INVALID CLAIM

Section 1. Weekly Claim. In the case of a weekly claim where a claimant makes a nonfraudulent misrepresentation, he shall be disqualified only to the extent the misrepresentation increased the amount of benefits to which he would otherwise be entitled. When a claimant makes a fraudulent misrepresentation with intent to increase the amount of benefits to which he would otherwise be entitled on a weekly claim, his claim shall be denied as invalid for that week or weeks.