Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 6, September 16, 2024
(a) DES shall
provide requests for information regarding a claimant's separation or status to
the employer's last known mailing address or email address as reflected in
DES's official records. Requests shall be provided to the employer's mailing
address when responding to the request by SCUBI, and to the email address when
responding to the requests by SIDES.
(b) Employers shall electronically submit
separation information and information regarding a claimant's employment status
consistent with
G.S.
96-15(b)(2) by SCUBI at
www.des.nc.gov or by SIDES.
(1) DES shall
provide employers using SCUBI with written instructions for submitting
responses by SCUBI with the request for information.
(2) SIDES participants who elect to receive
communications from SIDES shall receive written instructions for submitting
responses to the request for information by email or proprietary SIDES
interface software.
(c)
Each employer's response in connection with a request from DES shall include
the following information as applicable to a claimant's claim:
(1) last and first dates of
employment;
(2) the claimant's pay
rate;
(3) the gross amount of any
vacation, severance, and sick pay;
(4) the beginning and ending dates covered by
any separation payments;
(5) if the
claimant quit the job or left work:
(A) a copy
of the employee's resignation letter, if one exists; and
(B) each reason provided by the claimant to
the employer for leaving work; or
(6) if the claimant was discharged:
(A) each reason for the discharge with
supporting documentation and evidence; and
(B) a copy of each policy, warning, handbook,
document, acknowledgment, or contract signed by the claimant that is relevant
to the claimant's discharge; or
(7) if the claimant was separated due to an
inability to perform the job duties and was employed less than 100 days, an
explanation describing the job requirements, the claimant's inability to
perform the job duties, and steps taken by the employer to assist the claimant
to perform the job duties prior to discharge; or
(8) if the claimant is still employed with
the employer:
(A) the terms of employment and
conditions under which the claimant was hired;
(B) the number of hours per week that the
claimant is currently working;
(C)
the customary number of hours per week that the claimant has worked;
(D) with regard to any reduction of the
claimant's work hours:
(i) the date the
reduction took place;
(ii) reasons
for the reduction; and
(iii) if the
reduction is temporary, the expected date for the claimant's return to work;
and
(9) any
separation or status information requested by DES, or that the employer expects
is necessary for DES to make a correct initial determination of the claimant's
eligibility for unemployment benefits.
Authority
G.S.
96-1;
96-4;
96-11.3;
96-11.4;
96-15;
96-15.01;
20 U.S.C.
3303;
Eff. July 1,
2015;
Amended Eff. September 1,
2017.
