Evening star., 1951-02-08
OFFICIAL NOTICES Cont
GULATION

I, therefore. pursuant to the au-
ority contained in Section 13 tb)
the Act, the Board hereby amends
gulation vi of the aforesaid Rules
d Regulations Relating to En-
wees to read as follows:
gulation VI-Regulation for the
ayment Of Benefits to Interstate
Claimants
(See section 13 Of the Act)
The following regulation shall
govern the Board, In its admins
trative cooperation with other
States adopting similar regula-
tion for the payment of benefits
to interstate claimants.
Definitions
As used in this regulation. unless
the context clearly requires
laJ interstate BENEFIT Payment
Plan means the plan ap-
proved by the interstate Con-
ference of Employment Sc
dement's shall be payable to
states) in which benefit cred
its have been accumulated.
fb) Interstate claimant means
an individual who claims
benefits under the unemploy-
ment insurance law of one
or more liable States. The
term Interstate claimant"
shall not include any COM
muter provided. however. that
the Board may. by arrange
ment with any adjoining
State employment security
agency. treat certain COM
muters as interstate claim
ants IL they reside in geo.
graphical areas from which
the Board finds that reuuir-
ing commuters to file their
heneflt claims in the State Of
their last employment would
cause undue hardship to such
the term "commuter" applies
to each individual who. be-
fore becoming unemployed
customarily commuted from
his residence in the agent
State to his work in the liable
State.
(c) State includes Alaska. Ha-
vail. and the District Of Co.
I'd Agent State means any
State in which an individual
files q claim for BENEFITS from
another State.
te) Liable State means any
State against which an in
dividual files. through an
other State, . claim for
% 'Benefits' means the eompen-
sation payable to an indi-
vidual with respect to his
unemployment, under the un-
employment insurance law Of
any State.
(r) week Of unemployment in
cludes any week Of unem-
ployment as defined In the
law Of the liable State from
which benefits with respect
to such week are claimed.
With respect to an individual
attached to his regular en-
ployer, week of unemploy-
ment means the seven-con;
secutive-day period prescribed
spect to his employer.
Registration for work
(D Each interstate claimant shall
and for work. through any
public employment once in
the agent state when and as
required by the law. regu-
letions, and procedures Of
the agent state. Such regis
tration shall be accepted as
meeting the registration re-
uuirements of the liable State.
(b) Each agent State shall duly
report. to the liable State in
question, whether each inter
state claimant meets the
registration requirements of
the agent State.
Exhaustion Of Credits in Agent
State and Order of Succession OF
Liable State
{s) II a claimant is qualified for
benefits under the unemploy-
ment insurance laws of two or
more States. his claims shall
be forwarded to and his bene-
fits shall be paid by these
States in inverse order to that
In which such benefit rights
were earned. with the follow
ing exceptions: II the claim
ant is qualified for benefits
under the unemployment in
surance law of the State
where he is, he may either
file against and exhaust or
otherwise terminate those
rights before filinR an inter-
state claim, or he may ex-
haust or otherwise terminate
his benefit rights on any in
against the State where he is.
has lin accordance with
paragraph (aD been deter
mined to be eligible for bene-
fits BIZ a given State, the
agent State shall thenceforth
take his claims for benefits
solely against such State un-
less and until his available
benefit credits are exhausted
or otherwise terminated in
such State. at which time
paragraph ta) shall again
apply. II an intrastate claim
ant moves to another State
in which he is qualified for
benefits. he shall continue
his claim as an interstate
claim against the State from
which he moved until his
benefits there are exhausted
or otherwise terminated prior
to his claiming benefits from
any other State.
{c) For purposes Of this regula-
ton. benefit credits shall be
deemed to be unavailable
whenever an individual is not
entitled to receive benefits
based thereon by reason of
seasonal restrictions upon
the payment Of benefits or
disqualification for an in
definite period or for the en-
tire period in which benefits
would otherwise be payable
on the basis of such credits,
or by reason Of cancellation
Of such credits. BENEFIT
credits shall be deemed to be
available during any fixed
period OF temporary disquali-
flcation II in the absence Of
further disqualification bene-
flts will thereafter be pay
able on the basis Of such
td) Benefit credits in any State
shall be deemed to be un:
available (solely for partial
unemployment benefit pur-
poses) If that State does not
provide for the interstate
payment Of partial unemploy-
ment benefits.
(e) The order Of succession Of
liable States established by
this regulation shall apply
only with respect TO new
claims (notices of unemploy-
ment) filed on or after April
J.. 1851.
Claim for BENEFITS
(a) Claims for benefits or watt
ins-period shall be filed by
interstate claimants on uni
form interstate claim forms
and in accordance with uni
form procedures developed
pursuant to the Interstate
Benefit Payment Plan. Claims
shall be filed in accordance
with the type of week in use
in the agent-State. ANY ad-
1ustments required to At the
type Of week used by the
liable State shall be made
by the liable State on the
basis Of consecutive claims
(b) Claims shall be filed weekly
or biweekly, in accordance
with SchedCIe prOVlded py
agent-State for intrastate
claimants. in local employ
ment Offices, or by mail in
accordance with agent-State
regulations for intrastate
mailed claims. or in accord
ance with the schedule pro-
vided by itinerant service.
ID With respect to claims
for weeks Of unemploy-
ment in which an indi-
vidual was not working
for his regular employer.
the liable State shall. un-
der circumstances which
It considers good cause,
accept q continued claim
filed UP to one week, or
one reporting period, late.
II a claimant files more
than one reporting period
late. an initial claim
must be used to begin a
claim series and no con-
tinued claim for a past