WAC 192-150-090   How to qualify for benefits after leaving work for marital or domestic reasons.  This section applies only to claims with an effective date prior to January 4, 2004. RCW 50.20.050 (1)(d) says that benefits will be denied if you quit your job for family reasons. In such cases, the law provides an alternative means for qualifying for benefits other than through work and earnings. Under this alternative method, you must report in person to your WorkSource office or local employment center in ten different weeks and establish that you are able to work, available for work, and actively seeking work each week.

     If you are an interstate claimant or living in a remote area, you can qualify for benefits under this alternative method by calling the unemployment information and weekly claims line in each of ten different weeks and certifying that you are able to work, available for work, and actively seeking work each week. For purposes of this section, you are living in a remote area if a round trip of more than two hours by reasonably available public or private transportation is required to reach the nearest local employment center and return.



[Statutory Authority: RCW 50.12.010, 50.12.040, 50.12.042. 05-01-076, § 192-150-090, filed 12/9/04, effective 1/9/05. Statutory Authority: RCW 50.20.010 and 50.12.040. 99-08-073, § 192-150-090, filed 4/5/99, effective 5/6/99.]