§ 22-4-14-6.1 — Extended benefits; classification

Indiana § 22-4-14-6.1

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Art. 4: UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION SYSTEM
• Ch. 14: Eligibility for Benefits

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1. (a) The department shall classify as:
(1) good; or
(2) not good;
a claimant for extended benefits's prospects for obtaining work in the
claimant's customary occupation within eight (8) weeks of filing for
extended benefits.
(b) Not later than the end of the week in which the initial claim is
filed, the department shall notify the claimant for extended benefits of
the following:
(1) The claimant's classification under subsection (a).
(2) What kind of jobs the claimant may be referred to.
(3) What kind of jobs the claimant must seek and accept.
(4) The evidence the claimant must furnish to the department
regarding the claimant's search for work.
(5) Any disqualifications that may result from failure to seek,
apply for, or accept suitable work.
The classification and requirements described in subdivisions (1)
through (5) are applicable beginning with the week following the week
in which the claimant is furnished written notice of the classification
and requirements.
(c) If a claimant for extended benefits is classified as having good
prospects under subsection (a), but those prospects are not realized by
the close of the eighth week following the week in which the claimant
was furnished written notice of the claimant's prospects, the department
shall reclassify the claimant's prospects as not good unless the claimant
furnishes to the department satisfactory evidence that the claimant's
prospects are good.
(d) Any determination or classification of job prospects of a
claimant for extended benefits is mutually exclusive and only one (1)
classification may be applied to a claimant as to any failure to seek,
apply for, or accept suitable work with respect to any week.
(e) Whenever the department makes a determination of benefit
eligibility with respect to a claimant for extended benefits's failure to
seek, apply for, or accept suitable work, the determination must:
(1) include a finding as to the claimant's job prospects at the time
the issue arose; and
(2) explain how the claimant's job prospects relate to the decision
to allow or deny benefits.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.200-2025, SEC.13.