a) Unless otherwise
instructed, the claimant must establish that he or she is able to work,
available for work and actively seeking work during each week for which he or
she is claiming benefits.
1) The claimant
must register with the Illinois Employment Service unless otherwise instructed
by the local office for one of the following reasons:
A) The claimant's unemployment is due to a
labor dispute at his or her last employing unit even if the claimant is not
involved in the dispute;
B) The
claimant's unemployment is due to a temporary lay-off not exceeding 10 weeks in
duration;
C) The claimant is a
member of a labor union whose placement service has been certified by the
Department under this Part;
D) The
claimant is still attached to a regular job but he or she is only partially
employed due to a temporary reduction in hours;
E) The claimant is a seasonal worker who is
between seasons and has a reasonable expectation of returning to the same job
in the next succeeding season. For example, park, golf course and landscape
workers would fall within this subsection (a)(1)(E) during a winter
shutdown;
F) The claimant is an
academic worker, such as a teacher or school administrator, or a non-academic
employee, such as a food service worker or school bus driver, who is seeking
work at an educational institution or for a company that contracts with an
educational institution during a period between academic years or
terms;
G) The claimant is a
construction worker seeking construction work, whether or not he or she belongs
to a union that operates a hiring hall defined in Section
2865.50;
H) The claimant is enrolled and participating
in training, whether or not that training is approved under Section 500C5 of
the Act;
I) The claimant is a
resident of a state that borders Illinois and has filed a claim in this
State;
J) The Department determines
that, based on local labor market information, registration with the Illinois
Employment Service would not increase the likelihood of the claimant's return
to work; or
K) The claimant's
unemployment is due to a temporary lay-off resulting from a temporary closing
attributable to the COVID-19 virus.
2) The claimant must show that he or she is
conducting a thorough, active and reasonable search for appropriate work on his
or her own by keeping records of what he or she is doing to find work,
including:
A) The names and addresses of the
employing units contacted and the names of the specific persons contacted, if
possible;
B) The dates, methods and
results of the contacts;
C) The
types of work that the claimant has been seeking, including wages and hours
requested or desired; and
D) Any
other information regarding work search efforts.
