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 85.351 - Able and available for suitable work: registration for work

(a) A claimant who files a claim for benefits in a state that acts as an agent in taking claims for benefits held by this state shall register for work within seven days from the date the initial claim is filed and maintain the placement registration for work in accordance with the statutes, regulations, and procedures of the state in which the claim is filed.

(b) A claimant who files for benefits in this state shall register for work and maintain an active placement registration for work in this state as required by AS 23.20 and this section. An active placement registration for work in this state means the claimant has registered with the labor exchange system operated by the division and has posted an online resume that is available for employers and division staff to match with available jobs. A claimant shall register for work

(c) The director shall find that a claimant is not available for work for any week ending before completion of a placement registration for work or for any week in which the claimant has not maintained a placement registration for work. To be considered available for work from the date of the initial claim, a claimant must complete a placement registration for work within seven days after filing the initial claim. If the placement registration for work is not completed within seven days, the claimant is considered available for work the week the placement registration is completed. To be considered available for work for any following week claimed within the benefit year, the claimant must maintain the placement registration for work.

(d) Repealed 3/4/2006.

(e) The director shall require a claimant to have and maintain a placement registration for work if the claimant is ready for work in at least one occupation. The director shall consider a claimant ready for work in an occupation if the claimant meets the skill qualifications for the occupation. If the director requires a claimant to have a placement registration, upon completion of the placement registration, the claimant will be placed in active status in the job-matching system for the division and will be referable to job orders placed by employers with the division.

(f) The director may assign a preplacement registration to a claimant who has been selected as in need of reemployment services under 8 AAC 85.357 or has other barriers to reemployment as determined by the director. If the director assigns a claimant to a preplacement registration, the claimant will be eligible for reemployment services, but will not be placed in active status in the job-matching system of the division. The director shall convert the preplacement registration to a placement registration when the director determines that the claimant is ready for work.

(g) The director may defer registration for work for a claimant who is

(h) Repealed 3/4/2006.

(i) If the director does not require the claimant to have a placement registration, the director shall inform the claimant that the placement registration requirement has been deferred and advise the claimant of available employment services.