Arizona § 23-772 - Claims for benefits; initial claim filing notice to employer; contents of notice; continued claim notice to employer; posting printed statements dealing with claims

§ 23-772. Claims for benefits; initial claim filing notice to employer; contents of notice; continued claim notice to employer; posting printed statements dealing with claims

A. Claims for benefits shall be made in accordance with such regulations as the department prescribes.  The department shall require an individual claiming benefits to provide information and documents on which the claim is based at the time of filing the claim.

B. When an initial claim for benefits is filed, the department shall promptly notify the claimant's most recent employing unit or employer of the claim filing.  The notice shall:

1. Contain the claimant's stated reason for the claimant's separation from employment.

2. State that the employer may protest payment to the claimant based on any available statutory grounds by returning the protest not later than ten business days after the date of the notice.

C. Unless previously notified, all base-period employers will be sent a notice at the time the claimant files a payable continued claim for benefits during a period of unemployment.

D. Each employer shall post and maintain printed statements dealing with claims for benefits in places readily accessible to individuals in the employer's service, and shall make available to each individual at the time the individual becomes unemployed a printed statement dealing with claims for benefits. Printed statements shall be supplied by the department to each employer without cost.