Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 11, August 30, 2024
(1) This rule shall govern the Alabama
Department of Labor in its administrative cooperation with other States
adopting a similar regulation for the payment of benefits to interstate
claimants. For more detailed instructions, see ETA Handbook 392.
(a) Registration for Work.
1. An interstate claimant will be considered
as registered for work if the claimant is registered for work in the Agent
State in the same way and to the same extent as the Agent State's intrastate
claimants.
2. The detailed
instructions regarding work search requirements are found in the ETA Handbook
392, Section I, Subsection 12 and 13, and are not repeated here for
brevity.
(b) Benefit
Rights of Interstate Claimants.
1. If a
claimant files a claim against any state, and it is determined by that state
that the claimant has available benefit wage credits in that state, the claim
shall be filed only against such state as long as benefit wage credits are
available in that state. Thereafter, the claimant may file claims against any
other state in which there are available benefit wage credits.
For the purpose of this rule, benefit wage credits shall be
deemed to be unavailable whenever benefits have been exhausted, terminated, or
postponed for an indefinite period or for the entire period in which benefits
would otherwise be payable, or whenever benefits are affected by the
application of a seasonal restriction.
(c) Claims for Benefits.
1. Initial, Traditional, Additional, and
Reopen Claims for benefits or waiting period shall be filed by interstate
claimants via telephone or internet in the Liable State. The Agent State will
file IB-l's for the Virgin Islands and the state of Delaware for the above
claim types (see ETA Handbook 392, Section II).
2. Continued claims shall be filed in
accordance with Liable State's regulations for intrastate claims.
(d) Interstate Appeals
1. All interstate appeals will be processed
for hearings to be conducted from the Liable State.
2. For more detailed information and
exceptions, see ETA Handbook 392, Section VIII, subsection 1 and 3.
