Section 8 AAC 85.353 - Able and available for suitable work: travel claims(a) The requirements of this section apply to any period during which a claimant travels outside the customary commutable area in which the claimant resides, unless the claimant travels while exempted from availability requirements under AS 23.20.378(a) or in connection with training approved under AS 23.20.382 For purposes of this section, customary commutable area means an area where a claimant customarily commute; to and from work each day. (b) A claimant is available for work each week while traveling only if the claimant is traveling to (1) search for work and is legally eligible to accept work in the area of travel;(2) accept an offer of work that begins no later than 14 days after the claimant's departure; or(3) establish or return to a residence immediately following the claimant's discharge from the armed forces.(c) A claimant who travels in search of work must be legally eligible to accept work and make reasonable efforts to find work each week in the area of the claimant's travel, by (1) contacting in person an employment office;(2) making at least two in-person employer contacts;(3) registering in person with the local chapter of the claimant's union that has jurisdiction over the area of the claimant's travel; a claimant who has previously registered with the local union that has jurisdiction over the area of the travel is available for work if the claimant makes contacts as required by the union to be eligible for dispatch in the area of the travel; or(4) attending in person a pre-arranged job interview.(d) A claimant is not available for work after the claimant travels for more than four consecutive calendar weeks to search for work. A claimant is not available for work after the claimant travels for more than seven days if traveling to (1) accept an offer of work that begins 14 days after the claimant's departure; or(2) establish or return to a residence immediately following the claimant's discharge from the armed forces.Eff. 10/12/97, Register 144; am 3/4/2006, Register 177; am 3/25/2007, Register 181; am 6/16/2010, Register 194; am 7/1/2011, Register 198; am 7/19/2019, Register 231, July 2019Authority:AS 23.20.045
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