Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 6, September 16, 2024
(a) Every
claimant shall register for work at www.NCWorks.gov or a public employment
office in the state in which you reside, actively seek work, are available for
work, and will accept suitable work unless specifically exempted by
G.S.
96-14.9 or federal law.
(b) Each claimant shall make the minimum
number of weekly work search contacts required by
G.S.
96-14.9(e)(3).
(1) Each claimant shall maintain weekly work
search contact records as required by
G.S.
96-14.9(e)(4).
(2) Each claimant who receives his or her
first unemployment benefit payment on or after March 1, 2014 shall have a
mandatory in-person Employability Assessment Interview (EAI) with a workforce
specialist at a local DWS office as a condition of continued eligibility for
receipt of unemployment insurance benefits. Claimants excepted from this
requirement are: Reemployment Eligibility Assessment (REA); those enrolled in
and attending a Workforce Investment Act (WIA) program; attached claims; and
longshoremen.
(A) The EAI shall be scheduled
within four weeks of the first benefit payment to a claimant.
(B) Each claimant reporting for EAI shall be
required to present a valid form of identification to DWS or their designee to
establish their availability for work as required under
G.S.
96-14.9. Valid identification shall be
identification issued at the state or federal level and acceptable for
Employment Verification (I-9) purposes, and includes the following:
(i) driver's license;
(ii) military identification;
(iii) United States Passport;
(iv) passport card;
(v) trusted traveler cards such as the NEXUS
SENTRI and FAST CARDS issued by the U.S. Department of Homeland
Security;
(vi) Permanent Resident
Card (green card); and
(vii) Native
American tribal identification card.
(C) DWS shall notify each claimant receiving
an initial EAI of the date, time, and location by mail, at least 14 days in
advance of the EAI.
(c) Each claimant attending an EAI shall
present his or her record of work in order to receive unemployment insurance
services at a DWS office.
(d) Each
claimant shall actively seek suitable work as required under
G.S.
96-14.9 and
20 C.F.R.
604.5 to receive unemployment benefits.
(1) Work registration at www. NCWORKS.gov
alone shall be insufficient to establish that a claimant is actively seeking
work.
(2) Each claimant shall seek
work on their own behalf.
(3)
Restrictions as to salary, hours, or working conditions that are inconsistent
with the labor market pursuant to the factors outlined in
G.S.
96-14.9(f) shall indicate
that a claimant is not making a reasonable search for suitable work.
Authority
G.S.
96-4;
96-14.9;
96-14.14;
96-15;
20 CFR
604;
Eff. July 1,
2015.
