WAC 192-270-035   Time frames.  Information about training benefits will be included in the claimant information booklet mailed to you at the time you file your application for unemployment benefits (see WAC 192-120-010). For purposes of this section, the claimant information booklet is considered your notification of the eligibility requirements for the training benefits program.

     (1) Submitting a training plan.

     (a) For claims with an effective date prior to April 5, 2009, you have 60 calendar days to submit a training plan to the department for approval, beginning on the date you are notified by the department about the eligibility requirements for training benefits. For new claims, the deadline will be 65 calendar days from the date your application for benefits is filed, which represents 60 days plus five days for the booklet to reach you by mail.

     (b) For claims with an effective date on or after April 5, 2009, you have 90 calendar days to submit a training plan to the department for approval, beginning on the date you are notified by the department about the eligibility requirements for training benefits. For new claims, the deadline will be 95 calendar days from the date your application for benefits is filed, which represents 90 days plus five days for the booklet to reach you by mail.

     (2) Enrollment in training.

     (a) For claims with an effective date prior to April 5, 2009, you must be enrolled in training within 90 calendar days, beginning on the date you are notified by the department about the eligibility requirements for training benefits. For new claims, the deadline will be 95 calendar days from the date your application for benefits is filed, which represents 90 days plus five days for the booklet to reach you by mail.

     (b) For claims with an effective date on or after April 5, 2009, you must be enrolled in training with [within] 120 calendar days, beginning on the date you are notified about the eligibility requirements for training benefits. For new claims, the deadline will be 125 calendar days from the date your application for benefits is filed, which represents 120 days plus five days for the booklet to reach you by mail.

     (3) For claims with an effective date on or after April 5, 2009, these timeframes may be waived for good cause. For purposes of this section, "good cause" includes but is not limited to situations where:

     (a) You were employer attached, including being on standby or partially unemployed, when you filed your claim for unemployment benefits but your attachment to your employer subsequently ended;

     (b) You acted or failed to act on authoritative advice directly from department or partner staff upon which a reasonable person would normally rely;

     (c) You were incapacitated due to illness or injury or other factors of similar gravity; or

     (d) Other factors which would effectively prevent a reasonably prudent person, as defined in WAC 192-100-010, facing similar circumstances, from meeting the timelines established under this section.

     (4) If you return to work, and subsequently become unemployed, the time frames described in subsections (1) and (2) begin with the date you file your additional claim for benefits.



[Statutory Authority: RCW 50.12.010, 50.12.040, and 50.20.010. 09-20-095, § 192-270-035, filed 10/7/09, effective 11/7/09. Statutory Authority: RCW 50.12.010, 50.20.010, and 50.22.150(10). 01-11-085, § 192-270-035, filed 5/16/01, effective 6/16/01.]