Alaska Administrative Code
Title 8 - Labor and Workforce Development
Part 7 - Employment Security Division and Alaska Workforce Investment Board
Chapter 85 - Employment Security
8 AAC 85.350 - Able to work and available for suitable work: general provisions

Universal Citation: 8 AK Admin Code 8 AAC 85.350

Current through August 30, 2024

(a) A claimant is considered able to work if the claimant is physically and mentally capable of performing work under the usual conditions of employment in the claimant's principal occupation or other occupations for which the claimant is reasonably fitted by training and experience.

(b) A claimant is considered available for suitable work for a week if the claimant

(1) registers for work as required under 8 AAC 85.351;

(2) makes independent efforts to find work as directed under 8 AAC 85.352 and 8 AAC 85.355;

(3) meets the requirements of 8 AAC 85.353 during periods of travel;

(4) meets the requirements of 8 AAC 85.356 while in training;

(5) is willing to accept and perform suitable work which the claimant does not have good cause to refuse;

(6) is available, for at least five working days in the week, to respond promptly to an offer of suitable work; and

(7) is available for a substantial amount of full-time employment.

As of Register 194 (July 2010), the regulations attorney made a technical revision under AS 44.62.125(b)(6), to 8 AAC 85.350(b) (2).

Authority:AS 23.20.045

AS 23.20.080

AS 23.20.378

AS 23.20.385

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