PART II	CLAIMS FOR BENEFITS

2.1	REGISTRATION AND FILING CLAIMS

2.1.1 Statutory References. 8-70-111 (2)(a), 8-70-112, 8-73-107 (1)(a)(b)(e)(h), and 8-74-101 (1), C.R.S.

2.1.10 Exceptions to Time Limits. The division may, for good cause shown, permit any act required under this section with respect to a claim for benefits, including registering for work as instructed by the division, to be performed outside the required time period without loss of eligibility, but no act may be permitted more than six months beyond the last day of the applicable time period. For the purposes of this subsection, good cause shall have the meaning set forth in regulation 12.1.8.   ACTS UNDER THIS SECTION 2.1 MAY BE PERMITTED OUT OF TIME ONLY UNDER LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES, BUT REGARDLESS OF WHETHER AN INDIVIDUAL HAS MET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SECTION 2.1.10, NO ACT UNDER THIS SECTION 2.1 SHALL BE PERMITTED MORE THAN SIX MONTHS BEYOND THE LAST DAY OF THE APPLICABLE TIME PERIOD. EXCEPTIONS FOR UNTIMELY ACTS THAT OCCUR WITHIN THE ALLOTTED SIX MONTHS MAY BE GRANTED ONLY IF THE FOLLOWING STANDARDS APPLY. 

	.1  WORK REGISTRATION AND REQUESTED REPORTS. THE DIVISION MAY, FOR GOOD CAUSE SHOWN, PERMIT AN INDIVIDUAL TO REGISTER FOR WORK OR PROVIDE REQUESTED REPORTS TO THE DIVISION OUTSIDE THE REQUIRED TIME PERIOD WITHOUT LOSS OF ELIGIBILITY.  FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBSECTION, GOOD CAUSE SHALL HAVE THE MEANING SET FORTH IN REGULATION 12.1.8.

	.2  CONTINUED CLAIMS.  THE DIVISION MAY PERMIT FILING A CONTINUED CLAIM OUT OF TIME AS SET FORTH IN REGULATION 2.1.7 ONLY IF THE INDIVIDUAL ESTABLISHES TO THE SATISFACTION OF THE DIVISION THAT HE OR SHE EXERCISED NO CONTROL OVER THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE UNTIMELY FILING. BEING UNAWARE OF THE NEED TO TIMELY FILE SHALL NOT BE CONSIDERED A FACTOR OUTSIDE AN INDIVIDUAL’S CONTROL. 

	.3  INITIAL, ADDITIONAL, REOPENED CLAIMS.  WHEN AN INITIAL, ADDITIONAL, OR REOPEN CLAIM IS FILED, THE FIRST WEEK OF THAT CLAIM SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH REGULATION 2.3.5. THE DIVISION MAY PERMIT A CHANGE IN THE FIRST WEEK OF AN INITIAL, ADDITIONAL, OR REOPENED CLAIM ONLY IF THE INDIVIDUAL ESTABLISHES TO THE SATISFACTION OF THE DIVISION THAT HE OR SHE EXERCISED NO CONTROL OVER THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE UNTIMELY FILING. BEING UNAWARE OF THE NEED TO TIMELY FILE SHALL NOT BE CONSIDERED A FACTOR OUTSIDE THE INDIVIDUAL’S CONTROL.

2.1.11 Cancellation of Initial Claim. When a benefit year is established as a result of a valid initial claim, such claim may be cancelled only when:

.1 	Part XIII of the regulations concerning interstate and combined-wage claimants applies, or

.2 	The claimant requests cancellation in person, by mail, by facsimile machine, by division-approved electronic means, or by telephone within twelve calendar days from the date of such filing. REQUESTS TO CANCEL A VALID INITIAL CLAIM MADE AFTER THE TWELVE-DAY PERIOD SHALL BE DENIED WITHOUT CONSIDERATION OF GOOD CAUSE OR WHETHER THE INDIVIDUAL EXERCISED ANY CONTROL OVER THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE UNTIMELY REQUEST.

2.3	WEEK OF UNEMPLOYMENT

2.3.1 Statutory References: 8-70-103 (19)(28)(30), 8-70-112, 8-73-107 (1)(d)(f)(h), and 8-74-101, C.R.S.

2.3.2 Week of Unemployment. Except as provided in regulations 2.3.4 and 2.3.5, a week of unemployment shall be the calendar week in which the individual files an initial, additional, or reopened claim with the division and each calendar week immediately following any such week for which said individual has filed a continued claim as provided by regulation or has failed to do so for good cause AND HAS ESTABLISHED TO THE SATISFACTION OF THE DIVISION THAT HE OR SHE EXERCISED NO CONTROL OVER THAT FAILURE. However, no week shall be considered a week of unemployment unless the individual has worked less than thirty-two hours during such week, earned less than his or her weekly benefit amount, and has filed an initial, additional, or reopened claim not later than Wednesday of that week or has filed a continued claim pursuant to regulation 2.1.7.  

2.3.3 Area Served by Itinerant Service Point. A week of unemployment for an individual who resides in an area served only by an itinerant service point of the division shall be the calendar week in which such individual became unemployed, if such individual files an initial, additional, or reopened claim at such itinerant service point at the first opportunity thereafter, and each calendar week immediately following such week for which such individual has filed a continued claim as provided by regulation or has failed to do so for good cause AND HAS ESTABLISHED TO THE SATISFACTION OF THE DIVISION THAT HE OR SHE EXERCISED NO CONTROL OVER THAT FAILURE. However, no week shall be considered a week of unemployment unless the individual has worked less than thirty-two hours during such week and earned less than his or her weekly benefit amount.

2.3.4 Failure to Meet Requirements. A week of unemployment for an individual who has failed to timely file an initial, additional, or reopened claim for benefits as provided in these regulations shall be the EARLIEST CALENDAR WEEK IN WHICH THE INDIVIDUAL ESTABLISHED TO THE SATISFACTION OF THE DIVISION THAT HE OR SHE EXERCISED NO CONTROL OVER THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE FAILURE TO ACT TIMELY calendar week in which such individual became unemployed, if the individual establishes, in accordance with these regulations, that he or she has good cause for such failure. Thereafter, weeks of unemployment shall be the calendar weeks immediately following any such week for which the individual has filed a continued claim as provided by regulation, or has failed to do so for good cause AND HAS ESTABLISHED TO THE SATISFACTION OF THE DIVISION THAT HE OR SHE EXERCISED NO CONTROL OVER THAT FAILURE. However, no week shall be considered a week of unemployment unless the individual has worked less than thirty-two hours during such week and earned less than his or her weekly benefit amount.

2.6 APPROVED-TRAINING COURSE
2.6.1 Statutory Reference: 8-73-107 (4), and 8-73-114, C.R.S.
2.6.2 Approved Training. The claimant must produce evidence of continued attendance and satisfactory progress in an approved-training course when requested by the division. In determining whether or not a training course will be approved for an individual claiming benefits under the provisions of 8-73-107 (4), C.R.S., the division shall consider, among other factors, the following: 
.1 Whether the claimant's skills are such that reasonable employment opportunities do not exist or have substantially diminished in the labor-market area of the claimant to the extent that, in the judgement of the division, the individual has little or no prospect of obtaining suitable employment; 
.2 Whether the claimant possesses the qualifications and aptitudes to successfully complete the program of training; 
.3 Whether there is a reasonable expectation that the claimant will complete the training course; 
.4 Whether the training relates to an occupation or skill for which there are, or are expected to be, reasonable employment opportunities for the claimant; and 
.5 Whether the training course is reasonably designed to result in the claimant's prompt reemployment in suitable work. 

2.6.4 Enhanced Unemployment Insurance Compensation Benefits. 

.1 Availability of Enhanced Benefits. Enhanced benefit payments will be made only until the total amount available to cover all costs to the state of Colorado under section 903(g) of the federal “Social Security Act” as specified in 8-73-114, C.R.S., are substantially exhausted or June 30, 2014 whichever comes first. 

.2 Authorization to Participate. A Colorado local workforce center will determine whether a claimant is authorized to participate and the Division will adjust and pay continued unemployment insurance claims to include the enhanced unemployment insurance compensation for authorized participants who are eligible. 

.1 The authorization to participate made by workforce centers is not appealable within the Division. 

.3 Eligibility Determinations. Eligibility determinations for the continuation of enhanced unemployment insurance compensation to the authorized participants will be issued by the Division to participants only after a claimant is subsequently deemed ineligible under 8-73-114 and only for reasons other than funds no longer being substantially available under the aforementioned acts. Eligibility determinations will not be issued when funds are no longer substantially available. The eligibility determinations issued by the Division are appealable as described in Part XI of the Regulations.

2.6.5 APPROVED TRAINING FOR INDUSTRIES IN CRISIS. IN THE EVENT OF A LOCALIZED OR STATE WIDE DOWNTURN IN A PARTICULAR INDUSTRY, SUCH AS UNEXPECTED MASS LAYOFFS OR OTHER TRIGGERS THAT THREATEN THE ECONOMIC STABILITY OF THE REGIONAL OR STATE ECONOMY, THE DIVISION MAY, AT THE DISCRETION OF THE DIVISION DIRECTOR, WAIVE CONSIDERATION OF ANY OF THE FACTORS SET FORTH IN REGULATION 2.6.2.