Subdivision 1. Continued request for unemployment benefits defined. A continued request for unemployment benefits is a certification by an applicant, done on a weekly basis, that the applicant is unemployed and meets the ongoing eligibility requirements for unemployment benefits under section 268.085. A continued request must include information on possible issues of ineligibility in accordance with section 268.101, subdivision 1, paragraph (c).
Subd. 2. Filing continued requests for unemployment benefits. (a) The commissioner must designate to each applicant one of the following methods for filing a continued request:
(1) by electronic transmission under subdivision 3; or
(2) by mail under subdivision 4.
(b) The method designated by the commissioner is the only method allowed for filing a continued request by that applicant. An applicant may ask that the other allowed method be designated and the commissioner must consider inconvenience to the applicant as well as administrative capacity in determining whether to allow an applicant to change the designated method for filing a continued request for unemployment benefits.
Subd. 3. Continued request for unemployment benefits by electronic transmission. (a) A continued request for unemployment benefits by electronic transmission must be filed to that electronic mail address, telephone number, or Internet address prescribed by the commissioner for that applicant. In order to constitute a continued request, all information asked for, including information authenticating that the applicant is sending the transmission, must be provided in the format required. If all of the information asked for is not provided, the communication does not constitute a continued request for unemployment benefits.
(b) The continued request by electronic transmission must be filed within four calendar weeks following the week for which payment is requested on the day of the week and during the time of day designated for the applicant.
(c) If the continued request by electronic transmission is not filed within four calendar weeks following the week for which payment is requested, the electronic continued request will not be accepted and the applicant is ineligible for unemployment benefits for the period covered by the continued request, unless the applicant shows good cause for failing to file the continued request by electronic transmission within the time period required.
Subd. 4. Continued request for unemployment benefits by mail. (a) A continued request for unemployment benefits by mail must be on a form prescribed by the commissioner. The form, in order to constitute a continued request, must be totally completed and signed by the applicant. The form must be filed by mail, in an envelope with postage prepaid, and sent to the address designated within four calendar weeks following the week for which payment is requested.
(b) If the continued request form is not filed within four calendar weeks following the week for which payment is requested, the form will not be accepted and the applicant is ineligible for unemployment benefits unless the applicant shows good cause for failing to file the form by mail within the time period required.
(c) If the applicant has been designated to file a continued request for unemployment benefits by mail, an applicant may submit the form by facsimile transmission within four calendar weeks following the week for which payment is requested. A form submitted by facsimile transmission must be sent only to the telephone number assigned for that purpose.
(d) An applicant who has been designated to file a continued request by mail may personally deliver a continued request form only to the location to which the form was otherwise designated to be mailed.
Subd. 5. Good cause defined. (a) "Good cause" for purposes of this section is a reason that would have prevented a reasonable person acting with due diligence from filing a continued request for unemployment benefits within the time periods required.
(b) "Good cause" does not include forgetfulness, loss of the continued request form if filing by mail, having returned to work, having an appeal pending, or inability to file a continued request for unemployment benefits by the method designated if the applicant was aware of the inability and did not make diligent effort to have the method of filing a continued request changed by the commissioner. "Good cause" does not include having previously made an attempt to file a continued request for unemployment benefits but where the communication was not considered a continued request because the applicant failed to submit all required information.
2009 c 78 art 4 s 28; 2014 c 251 art 2 s 12,13; 2016 c 189 art 9 s 4,5; 2017 c 35 art 3 s 12
Structure Minnesota Statutes
Chapters 268 - 269 — Employment And Economic Development
Chapter 268 — Unemployment Insurance
Section 268.001 — Citation; Minnesota Unemployment Insurance Law.
Section 268.03 — Public Purpose Of The Minnesota Unemployment Insurance Program.
Section 268.031 — Standard Of Proof; Statutory Interpretation And Application.
Section 268.032 — Electronic Transmission; When Allowed; Sending To Last Known Address Required.
Section 268.033 — Computation Of Time.
Section 268.034 — Computations Of Money Rounded Down.
Section 268.035 — Definitions.
Section 268.042 — Employers Coverage.
Section 268.0425 — Electronic Transaction Presumption.
Section 268.043 — Determinations Of Coverage.
Section 268.044 — Wage Reporting.
Section 268.045 — Employer Tax Or Reimbursable Accounts.
Section 268.047 — Effect On Employer Of Unemployment Benefits Paid.
Section 268.051 — Employers Taxes.
Section 268.052 — Payment To Trust Fund By State And Political Subdivisions.
Section 268.0525 — Indian Tribes.
Section 268.053 — Payment To Trust Fund By Nonprofit Organizations.
Section 268.057 — Collection Of Taxes.
Section 268.058 — Lien, Levy, Setoff, And Civil Action.
Section 268.059 — Garnishment For Delinquent Taxes And Unemployment Benefit Overpayments.
Section 268.0625 — Revocations Of Business Licenses.
Section 268.063 — Personal Liability.
Section 268.064 — Liability For Debts Upon Acquisition.
Section 268.065 — Liability Of Amounts Due From Subcontractors And Employee Leasing Firms.
Section 268.066 — Cancellation Of Amounts Due From An Employer.
Section 268.0675 — No Election Of Remedy.
Section 268.068 — Notice To Workers.
Section 268.069 — Payment Of Unemployment Benefits.
Section 268.07 — Benefit Account.
Section 268.084 — Password; Presumption.
Section 268.085 — Eligibility Requirements; Payments That Affect Benefits.
Section 268.0865 — Continued Request For Unemployment Benefits.
Section 268.087 — Unemployment Benefits Due Deceased Persons.
Section 268.088 — Benefits Paid During Certain Voluntary Unemployment.
Section 268.095 — Ineligibility Because Of Quit Or Discharge.
Section 268.101 — Determinations On Issues Of Ineligibility.
Section 268.103 — Appeals By Electronic Transmission.
Section 268.115 — Extended Unemployment Benefits.
Section 268.125 — Additional Unemployment Benefits.
Section 268.131 — Combined Wage Arrangements For Work In Multiple States.
Section 268.133 — Unemployment Benefits While In Entrepreneurial Training.
Section 268.136 — Shared Work.
Section 268.145 — Income Tax Withholding.
Section 268.155 — Child Support Deducted From Unemployment Benefits.
Section 268.18 — Unemployment Benefit Overpayments.
Section 268.182 — Fraud; Criminal Penalty.
Section 268.183 — Applicant Administrative Penalties.
Section 268.184 — Employer Misrepresentation And Misreporting; Administrative Penalties.
Section 268.186 — Records; Audits.
Section 268.188 — Subpoenas; Oaths.
Section 268.19 — Data Privacy.
Section 268.192 — Protection Of Rights.
Section 268.194 — Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund.
Section 268.196 — Administration Account.
Section 268.199 — Contingent Account.
Section 268.20 — Representation In Court.
Section 268.21 — Nonliability Of State.
Section 268.211 — Unemployment Insurance Benefits Telephone System.
Section 268.215 — Day Of The Week And Date Requirement.