Current through Register Vol. 24-18, September 15, 2024
(1)
Written directives.
(a) The commissioner may direct you in
writing to schedule a time to report in person for reemployment services. The
written directive will contain a deadline by which you must schedule and
participate in reemployment services.
(b) If you fail to schedule a time to
participate in reemployment services by the deadline, you will be ineligible to
receive benefits for the week containing the date of the deadline, unless you
show justifiable cause.
(c) If you
fail to participate in reemployment services at the time you scheduled, you
will be ineligible to receive benefits for the week containing the time you
scheduled, unless you show justifiable cause.
(d) The department may verify the reasons you
failed to schedule or participate in reemployment services. In all such cases,
your ability to work or availability for work may be questioned.
(2)
Exceptions. You
will not be required to participate in reem-ployment services if you:
(a) Are a member of a full referral union and
are eligible for dispatch and referral according to union rules;
(b) Are attached to an employer as provided
in WAC 192-180-005;
(c) Are participating in a training program
approved by the commissioner;
(d)
Within the previous year have completed, or are currently scheduled for or
participating in, similar services;
(e) Are an active registered electrical
apprentice in an approved electrical apprenticeship program under chapter 49.04
RCW and chapter 296-05 WAC; or
(f)
Are not able to attend due to the closure of the WorkSource office and the
department cannot accommodate an alternative method to deliver the reemployment
services.
(3)
Minimum services. The services will consist of one or more
sessions which include, but are not limited to:
(a) Local labor market information;
(b) Available reemployment and training
services;
(c) Successful job search
attitudes;
(d) Self-assessment of
job skills and interests;
(e) Job
interview techniques;
(f) The
development of a resume or fact sheet; and
(g) The development of a plan for
reemployment.
(4)
Justifiable cause. Justifiable cause for failure to schedule or
participate in reemployment services as directed will include factors specific
to you which would cause a reasonably prudent person in similar circumstances
to fail to schedule or participate in reemployment services. Justifiable cause
includes, but is not limited to:
(a) Your
illness or disability or that of a member of your immediate family. "Illness"
includes a request from a medical professional, local health official, or the
Secretary of Health to be isolated or quarantined as a consequence of an
infection from a disease that is the subject of a public health emergency, even
if you or your immediate family member have not been actually diagnosed with
the disease that is the subject of a public health emergency;
(b) Conflicting employment or your presence
at a job interview scheduled with an employer; or
(c) Severe weather conditions.
Statutory Authority:
RCW
50.12.010,
50.12.040,
50.12.042. 05-01-076, §
192-140-090, filed 12/9/04, effective
1/9/05.
