Illinois Administrative Code › Title 56 - LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT › Part 2720 - CLAIMS, ADJUDICATION, APPEALS AND HEARINGS › Subpart B - APPLYING FOR UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE BENEFITS › Section 2720.115 - Continuing Eligibility Requirements

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) After the claimant has filed his or her
				initial claim, the claimant must certify as to his or her continuing
				eligibility. Even if the claimant has been denied benefits, he or she must
				continue to certify and maintain his or her work search record, and meet other
				eligibility requirements of the Act, for each week for which he or she expects
				payment upon reversal of that denial. The claimant shall certify as a telephone
				or internet filer pursuant to Section
				2720.112
				unless he or she qualifies as a mail filer pursuant to Section
				2720.112(c).
				If the claimant is a mail filer, the Department will mail the claimant a form
				called Claim Certification (BIS-653) every two weeks or will send the claimant
				a Notice explaining why the Claim Certification was not sent, but only if this
				is the claimant's first certification following the filing of his or her
				initial claim or if the claimant had certified for the prior two week period.
				The claimant must complete the Claim Certification and file it at the local
				office, either by mail or in person, on the Date To Mail indicated on the form
				(see Section
				2720.120 ).
				If the claimant is a mail filer and does not receive a Claim Certification
				within 20 days after filing his or her initial claim or after he or she
				received the claimant last Claim Certification, the claimant must notify the
				local office and obtain a Claim Certification.
b) If at any time the Department has reason
				to investigate the claimant's continuing eligibility, the Department will so
				inform the claimant in writing. The claimant must cooperate with the
				investigation by appearing at the time and place instructed by the Department
				on the Notice of Claims Adjudicator's Interview, with all information he or she
				has regarding any question that has been raised. Failure to cooperate will
				result in a Finding, Determination or Decision being issued without further
				information from the claimant.
c) A
				claimant certifying for benefits under this Section as a telephone, internet or
				mail filer shall maintain a work search record for each week he or she is
				claiming benefits.
1) The work search record
				shall include the names and addresses of the employing units contacted, as well
				as the names of specific persons contacted, if possible; the dates and methods
				of the contacts; the type of work sought, including wages and hours requested
				or desired; and the results of the contacts.
2) The claimant shall provide his or her work
				search record to the Department upon the Department's written request. The
				Department shall only request the claimant's work search record with regard to
				a week in which: an employing unit makes a sufficient protest regarding the
				claimant's work search for the week and requests the opportunity to review the
				claimant's work search record for that week; an employing unit requests to
				review the record for a week, on the condition that the request is made during
				that week; or the Department otherwise has information that would provide the
				basis for a review of the work search or the Department conducts a random work
				search audit of his or her claim. When the claimant provides a work search
				record, an employing unit, or the attorney or agent of the employing unit or
				the claimant, may review the record pursuant to subsection (e). When an
				employing unit requests to review the record for a week, the Department shall
				not request the claimant to provide his or her work search record if the
				primary purpose of the employing unit's request is to harass the
				claimant.
3) A claimant's failure
				to provide his or her work search record as requested may result in a
				determination or decision being issued that the claimant did not conduct an
				active work search.