Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 9, September 1, 2024
(1)
Pursuant to the provisions of ORS
657.155(1)(a)
and to support the policy of prompt payment of benefits when due, the Director
may discretionally authorize the use of special or alternative forms and
procedures for filing unemployment insurance claims under any of the following
conditions:
(a) Mass layoffs from
employment;
(b) Irregular working
schedules;
(c) Plant, factory,
firm, or business closure;
(d)
Extraordinary weather conditions;
(e) Damage or impairment to Employment
Department facilities;
(f)
Disaster;
(g) Petroleum fuel
shortages; or
(h) Other unusual
conditions.
(2) In the
exercise of the Director's discretion the Director shall consider:
(a) The number of claimants and employing
units affected;
(b) Travel,
transportation, and mailing facilities;
(c) Frequency of and anticipated duration of
periods of unemployment;
(d)
Prospects of reemployment for unemployed workers;
(e) Labor organization involvement;
(f) Administrative expense and feasibility;
and
(g) Any other factors that may
be significant and material.
(3) When an official identified in section
(4) of this rule finds that any of the conditions specified in section (1) of
this rule exists, that official may:
(a)
Waive the registration requirements of ORS
657.155 for up to four
consecutive weeks for which benefits are claimed;
(b) Waive the initial, additional or reopened
claim filing requirements of OAR
471-030-0040(3)
to permit filing such claims in a week subsequent to the time period allowed in
OAR 471-030-0040. The time extension
is to be determined by the Director in a manner calculated to insure equity and
provide prompt payment of benefits and may vary from one set of circumstances
to another.
(4) The use
of special forms and procedures as proposed by this rule may be authorized by
the following employees only:
(a) Deputy
Director;
(b) Assistant Director
for Unemployment Insurance;
(c)
Manager of Benefits.
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS
657.610
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS
657.255
