Illinois Administrative Code
Title 56 - LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT
Part 2720 - CLAIMS, ADJUDICATION, APPEALS AND HEARINGS
Subpart B - APPLYING FOR UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE BENEFITS
Section 2720.101 - Filing, Registering and Reporting by Mail Under Special Circumstances
Universal Citation: 56 IL Admin Code ยง 2720.101
Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 12, March 22, 2024
a) The application of this Section is limited to individuals who fall within the following general categories who have no access to a telephone or the internet and who meet the requirements set forth in subsection (c):
1)
Persons residing in any area or community where no transportation is readily or
cheaply available, where no local office exists and where itinerant service is
not furnished;
2) Persons working
less than full time and residing in any area or community where itinerant
service is furnished but who are employed at the time itinerant service is
available to them;
3) Persons in
the armed forces of the United States;
4) Persons whose physical condition prevents
filing, registering and reporting in person;
5) Persons in full time employment under
circumstances in which that reporting, registering or filing in person would be
inconsistent with the purposes of the Act;
6) Persons claiming benefits with respect to
a week of partial employment, defined as a calendar week of less than full time
work with respect to which wages payable to an individual are less than his or
her weekly benefit amount and are earned from his or her regular employing
unit.
b) Except when otherwise specified in Rules by the Director, the requirements of Section 500(A) of the Act, with respect to the persons described in subsection (a), are waived.
c) General Provisions
1) Notwithstanding the provisions of any
other Section of 56 Ill. Adm. Code: Chapter IV, any unemployed individual in
any of the categories of subsection (a) shall, under those circumstances and
subject to those conditions set forth in this Section, be permitted to file a
claim for benefits by mail and register for work mail. The permission shall be
granted only in cases when all of the following circumstances and conditions
exist:
A) A request by the individual or his
or her authorized agent orally or in writing has been made;
B) The individual has furnished such
information as the Claims Adjudicator may require to determine the propriety of
the request;
C) The Claims
Adjudicator has found that failure to grant permission would be inconsistent
with the purposes of the Act.
2) The Claims Adjudicator shall have the
right to withdraw permission with respect to any week if he or she finds that
reporting in person would not be inconsistent with the purposes of the
Act.
d) Effects of Filing by Mail
1) Filing, registering and
reporting by mail in accordance with the provisions of this Section shall have
the same effect as filing, registering, and reporting in person at an
unemployment office.
2) When
permission to file by mail has been granted, the date of the request for
permission (as evidenced by the postmark if the request is by mail) shall be
considered as the date of claim; provided, however, that backdating for good
cause shall be granted to the same extent that it is granted to persons who
file claims in person. (See Sections
2720.105(b)
and
2720.120.)
3) Except with respect to the necessity for
appearing in person at an unemployment office, all provisions of 56 Ill. Adm.
Code: Chapter IV, applicable to filing, registering, and reporting in person
shall be applicable to filing, registering, and reporting by mail in accordance
with this Section.
4) The
Department may, when accepting mail filings, conduct interviews with the
applicants by telephone or in person to review the written
submissions.
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