Illinois Administrative Code › Title 56 - LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT › Part 2865 - CLAIMANT'S AVAILABILITY FOR WORK, ABILITY TO WORK AND ACTIVE SEARCH FOR WORK › Subpart B - REGULAR BENEFITS › Section 2865.145 - Ineligibility to Receive Benefits for Failure to Participate in Reemployment Services

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) Unless no
				longer obligated to participate under Section
				2865.150(e),
				an individual who is referred by the Department under Section
				2865.150
				to reemployment services and is determined by the Claims Adjudicator to have
				failed without justifiable cause, as defined in subsection (c), to participate
				in those services shall be ineligible for benefits for the week in which he or
				she fails to participate in the scheduled services.
EXAMPLE: In the fourth week of his benefit year, an
				  individual is issued his first payment of regular benefits. Notice of referral
				  to reemployment services is sent to him during the fifth week of the benefit
				  year, indicating he is scheduled for an orientation meeting to take place in
				  the sixth week of the benefit year. He fails, without justifiable cause, to
				  report to the orientation meeting. The individual will be ineligible for
				  benefits for the sixth week of his benefit year.
b) Subsection (a) shall not apply if the
				individual has completed substantially similar reemployment services or he or
				she is participating in substantially similar services.
c) There is justifiable cause for an
				individual's failure to participate in reemployment services if the individual
				is acting as a reasonable person would act under the circumstances, taking into
				account the fact that the individual has been identified as likely to exhaust
				regular benefits and need job search assistance.
1) EXAMPLE: An individual who has been
				referred to reemployment services under Section
				2865.150
				fails to report for his scheduled orientation meeting with the reemployment
				service provider because the individual has a job interview scheduled for the
				same time. The individual has justifiable cause for failing to report for the
				meeting. A reasonable person in this situation could be expected to prefer the
				immediate job opportunity over reemployment services.
2) EXAMPLE: An individual who has been
				referred to reemployment services under Section
				2865.150
				fails to report for his scheduled reemployment service orientation meeting
				because he forgot about the meeting. When he becomes aware he has forgotten the
				meeting, he requests that the meeting be rescheduled. He fails to report for
				the rescheduled meeting because he again forgot about the meeting. The repeated
				failure to include the meeting in his schedule does not reflect the behavior of
				a reasonable person under the circumstances. On the basis of these facts alone,
				there would not be justifiable cause for the individual's failure to
				participate in the rescheduled meeting.
3) EXAMPLE: An individual who has been
				referred to reemployment services under Section
				2865.150
				fails to report for his scheduled reemployment service orientation meeting.
				However, during the week for which the meeting was scheduled, the individual is
				enrolled in and in regular attendance at a training course approved for him by
				the Director under Section 500C of the Act. A reasonable person in this
				situation could be expected to prefer the training program over reemployment
				services.
4) EXAMPLE: An individual
				who has been referred to reemployment services under Section
				2865.150
				fails to report to his scheduled reemployment service orientation meeting
				because he is attending GED classes at the same time. The individual has
				justifiable cause for failing to report for the meeting. A reasonable person in
				this situation could be expected to attend the GED classes.