OAR 471-020-0020: Claimant Reemployment Services

(1)(a) Except for individuals identified in OAR 471-020-0021, all unemployment insurance claimants shall submit such information as may be required by the Oregon Employment Department to carry out job placement services for the individual including, but not limited to, the individual's job qualifications, training and experience. Such information shall be entered into the Business & Employment Services online job match system concurrent with, or as soon as possible following, the filing of an initial claim for unemployment insurance benefits. Entry of this information shall constitute enrollment. (b) Individuals identified in OAR 471-020-0021 shall be provided information about accessing reemployment services and may volunteer for placement in subsidized JOBS Plus employment pursuant to subsection (5) of this rule. (2) All unemployment insurance claimants are provided access to reemployment services. (a) Following enrollment, all unemployment insurance claimants who are not job attached shall be profiled in accordance with the provisions of ORS 657.156 to identify claimants who are likely to exhaust benefits. Local Employment Department offices shall be provided a list of profiled claimants. Profiled claimants shall be considered for reemployment services in rank order, as resources permit. (b) Any unemployment insurance claimant shall be selected for reemployment services, as resources permit, if the individual: (A) Appears on the list of profiled claimants; or (B) Appears on the list of claimants who have claimed benefits for eight consecutive weeks. (3) Except for individuals identified in OAR 471-020-0021, the Employment Department shall use the matching process to refer claimants, who are not job attached, to available, suitable subsidized and unsubsidized job listings. A claimant matched to a job listing shall be referred, subject to any applicable state or federal requirements and the employer's referral requirements, to the employer filing the job listing if the claimant is among the qualified job seekers matched to the job listing and the job is determined to be suitable for the claimant. (4) All unemployment insurance claimants, who are not job attached, shall continue to be matched and referred to available, suitable subsidized and unsubsidized openings while in active status. (5) All unemployment insurance claimants, whether job attached or not, may volunteer for placement in subsidized JOBS Plus employment. Any claimant volunteering for subsidized employment shall be promptly referred to any employer offering available, suitable subsidized employment.