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

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

Sec. 6.1. (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.

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