FILE - In this March 17, 2020, file photo, people wait in line for help with unemployment benefits at the One-Stop Career Center in Las Vegas. The number of out-of-work people filing new claims for jobless benefits in Nevada is closing in on 390,000 since casinos and other businesses were shuttered to prevent spread of the coronavirus. The U.S. Department of Labor reported Thursday, April 30, 2020, that more than 45,000 people filed first-time claims for unemployment benefits last week. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)
Nevada Appeal Capitol Bureau
Wednesday, June 23, 2021
Emergency regulations relaxing requirements for unemployment claimants expired on Friday, reinstating eligibility requirements to receive benefits.
Those emergency rules enabled the Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation to process claims without having to deal with issues including deductible income, next-to-last employer separations and the able and available status requirement.
Normally, unemployment benefits are reduced by the amount of severance, pension and sick or annual leave payouts when the worker left their job. That rule was relaxed during the pandemic.
In addition, the rule requiring DETR to look at the next to last employer if the worker was with their most recent employer for less than 16 weeks was eliminated. That requirement is also reinstated now.
Finally, all unemployment claimants must be able and available to seek and accept full-time work. That requirement was waived during the pandemic but is once again required.
Those rules apply to regular unemployment claimants. There is no change to the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance claims.
A spokesman said claimants who need help with work search such as resume building, job referrals and job fairs or hiring events should go to NevadaJobConnect.com and fill out the form seeking help. Training programs are found at EmployNV.gov.
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