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ETA Advisory File Text

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOREmployment and Training AdministrationWashington D. C. 20210 CLASSIFICATION UI CORRESPONDENCE SYMBOL TEUMI ISSUE DATE November 21 1991 RESCISSIONS None EXPIRATION DATE November 30 1992 DIRECTIVE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE PROGRAM LETTER NO. 06-92 TO ALL STATE EMPLOYMENT SECURITY AGENCIES FROM DONALD KULICKAdministratorfor Regional Management SUBJECT Application of Extended Benefits EB Work Test to Weeks of quot Partial quot and quot Part-total quot Unemployment Purpose.To provide States with a clarification of the EB quot systematic and sustained quot work search requirements with respect to claims for weeks of partial and part-total unemployment. References.Section 202 a 3 A ii and E of the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 EUCA Title II of P.L. 91-373 as amended 20 CFR 615.8 g 615.2 o 9 Employment Security Manual Section 5001 Part V. Background.To maintain continued eligibility extended benefit claimants are required pursuant to Section 202 a 3 E of the EUCA to conduct a quot systematic and sustained quot effort to obtain work each week and to provide quot tangible evidence quot of such work search for each week claimed. Tangible evidence is a written record which can be verified of the individual's efforts to find work 20 CFR 615.2 o 9 . The quot systematic and sustained quot work search requirement applies to all claimants for sharable compensation regular sharable or EB . It has come to our attention that further clarification is needed on the application of the quot systematic and sustained quot work search requirement to partial and part-total claimants. Partial and Part-total Claims.When reviewing and screening an EB claimant's work search during a week of quot partial unemployment quot as defined in Section 5001. B of Part V of the E.S.M. the worker's continuous attachment to and contact with the regular employer may be considered to be quot tangible evidence quot of a quot systematic and sustained quot search for work during the week which satisfies the requirements of 20 CFR 615.8 g . On the other hand when reviewing and screening an EB claimant's work search during a week of quot part-total unemployment quot a week in which a claimant otherwise totally unemployed has some earnings the same quot work test quot standards that are applied to claims for total unemployment must be used See Section 5001.A of Part V of the E.S.M. as there is no continuous attachment and contact with a regular employer which satisfies the requirements of 20 CFR 615.8 g . Action Required.State agencies are requested to inform the appropriate staff of the contents of this directive. Inquiries.Questions regarding this directive should be addressed to the appropriate Regional Office.