Section 2720.120  Time For Filing Claim Certification For Continued Benefits

a)         The completed Claim Certification should be filed on the "Date To Mail" as indicated on the form and failure to file the completed Claim Certification on the "Date To Mail" 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 Agency will process it if the claimant shows:

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

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

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

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