Section 2720.120  Time for Filing Claim Certification for Continued Benefits

Subject to the provisions of Section 2720.112:

a)         The completed Claim Certification should be filed on the certification day as indicated on the form UI Finding.  Failure to file the completed Claim Certification on the scheduled certification day will result in a delay in the processing of benefit payments.

b)         If the Claim Certification is filed more than two weeks late but less than one year late, the Department will process it if the claimant shows:

1)         The individual's unawareness of his or her rights under the Act;

2)         Failure of either the employing unit or the Department to discharge its responsibilities or obligations under the Act or the rules;

3)         Any act of any employing unit in coercing, warning or instructing the individual not to pursue his or her benefit rights; or

4)         Other circumstances beyond the individual's control if the claimant shows he or she filed his or her claim within 14 days after the reasons for the failure to file no longer existed.

(Source:  Amended at 43 Ill. Reg. 6385, effective May 14, 2019)