ETA 9051 Section V Benefits Time Lapse and Quality

UI REPORTS HANDBOOK NO. 401

ETA 9051 Continued Weeks Compensated Time Lapse

CONTENTS

A. Facsimile of Form V-2-2

B. Purpose V-2-4

C. Due Date and Transmittal V-2-4

D. General Reporting Instructions V-2-4

E. Definitions V-2-5

1. First Payment V-2-5

2. First Payment Time Lapse V-2-5

F. Item by Item Instructions V-2-5

1. All Intrastate Continued Weeks Compensated V-2-5

2. All Interstate Continued Weeks Compensated V-2-6

3. Intrastate Partial/Part-Total Continued Weeks Compensated Only V-2-6

4. Interstate Partial/Part-Total Continued Weeks Compensated Only V-2-7

5. Workshare Continued Weeks Compensated V-2-7

6. Comments V-2-7

A. Facsimile of Form

ETA 9051 - TIME LAPSE COUNTS FOR ALL CONTINUED WEEKS COMPENSATED

STATE	REGION	REPORT FOR PERIOD ENDING

Time Lapse (Days)	Intra-State				Inter-State
	Total	UI	UCFE	UCX	Total	UI	UCFE	UCX
Total
<=7
8-14
15-21
22-28
29-35
36-42
43-49
50-56
57-63
64-70
>70

ETA 9051 - TIME LAPSE FOR CONTINUED WEEKS: PARTIAL/PART TOTAL PAYMENTS

STATE	REGION	REPORT FOR PERIOD ENDING

Time Lapse (Days)	Intra-State				Inter-State
	Total	UI	UCFE	UCX	Total	UI	UCFE	UCX
Total
<=7
8-14
15-21
22-28
29-35
36-42
43-49
50-56
57-63
64-70
>70

ETA 9051 - CONTINUED CLAIMS TIME LAPSE (WORKSHARE)

STATE	REGION	REPORT FOR PERIOD ENDING

Time Lapse (Days)	Workshare Claims
Total
0-7
8-14
15-21
22-28
29-35
36-42
43-49
50-56
57-63
64-70
>70

Comments:

O M B No.: 1205-0359      O M B Expiration Date: 03/31/2017      Average Estimated Response Time: 30 Minutes
O M B Burden Statement: These reporting instructions have been approved under the Paperwork reduction Act of 1995. Persons are not required to respond to this collection of information unless it displays a valid OMB control number. Public reporting burden for this collection of information includes the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information. Submission is required to obtain or retain benefits under SSA 303(a)(6). Respondents have no expectation of privacy. Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing this burden, to the U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Workforce Security, Room S-4231, 200 Constitution Ave., NW, Washington, DC, 20210.

B. Purpose

The ETA 9051 report contains monthly information on continued weeks compensated time lapse. This report concerns the time it takes states to pay benefits to claimants for compensable weeks of unemployment other than the "first payment." Continued weeks compensated time lapse data was not formerly reported. This report contains monthly time lapse data for all continued weeks compensated, i.e., total, partial/part-total. A separate entry screen will be used for a breakout of partial/part-total continued weeks compensated. Workshare (Short-Time Compensation) continued weeks compensated will be reported on a third entry screen. Workshare continued weeks compensated are not reported in the total count of "All" continued weeks compensated.

C. Due Date and Transmittal

The report is due in the ETA National Office on the 20th of the month following the month to which the data relate. This report will be transmitted electronically.

D. General Reporting Instructions

The Continued Weeks Compensated Time Lapse measure requires that the state computer read the universe of all weeks compensated records and exclude first payments. These counts are categorized by Intrastate and Interstate claims and, within those categories, the number that are compensated under the state UI program, Unemployment Compensation for Federal Employees (UCFE), and Unemployment Compensation for Ex-Servicemembers (UCX). While included under the “All” category the sub-category of partial/part-total continued weeks compensated will also be reported. These categories are further broken out by the number of continued weeks compensated by program type and time lapse at seven-day intervals.

• Includes total, partial/part-total continued weeks compensated.

• Includes combined wage claims continued weeks compensated reported in the appropriate category determined by the nature of the base-period wages.

• Includes offsets and intercepts.

• Excludes retroactive payment for a compensable waiting period.

• Excludes episodic compensation programs such as Extended Benefits, Disaster Unemployment Assistance, and Trade Readjustment Allowances.

• Excludes adjustments.

• Excludes workshare claims. Workshare will be reported separately and is excluded from that part of the report for "ALL" continued weeks compensated.

Edit checks can be found in Handbook 402, Unemployment Insurance Required Reports Users Manual, Appendix C.

E. Definitions

Definitions, unless otherwise specified in these instructions, will follow the definitions for the ETA 5159 and the ETA 9050 found elsewhere in this handbook.

1. Continued Weeks Compensated. For purposes of this report, these are payments for weeks of unemployment subsequent to the payment for the first compensable week in a benefit year.

Includes total, partial/part-total payments, full or partial offsets to satisfy an outstanding overpayment, a child support intercept order or a food stamp overissuance, and payments resulting from the reversal of a single or multi-claimant adjudication by a lower or higher authority appeal decision or by a court decision.

Excludes all adjustment payments for a previously paid week. For discussion of determining the first compensable week, see 9050, E.1, page V-1-5.

2. Continued Weeks Compensated Time Lapse. The number of days from the end of the continued week to the date the payment is made in-person, mailed or offset or an intercept is applied on a claim.

F. Item by Item Instructions

Enter in each column and time lapse interval all continued weeks compensated made during the report period for Intrastate and Interstate claims. Workshare continued weeks compensated are reported separately.

1. All Intrastate Continued Weeks Compensated. (Includes Total and Partial/Part-Total Payments)

a. Column 1, Total Intrastate Continued Weeks Compensated. Enter under column 1 the total number of all Intrastate continued weeks compensated and individual totals for each time lapse interval. Each total reported in this column equals the sum of columns 2, 3, and 4.

b. Column 2, UI Intrastate Continued Weeks Compensated. Enter under column 2 the total number of all state UI Intrastate continued weeks compensated and individual totals for each time lapse interval. These payments represent state UI only and state UI in combination with UCFE and/or UCX (joint claims).

c. Column 3, UCFE Intrastate Continued Weeks Compensated. Enter under column 3 the total number of all UCFE Intrastate continued weeks compensated and individual totals for each time lapse interval. These payments represent UCFE only and UCFE in combination with UCX (joint claims).

d. Column 4, UCX Intrastate Continued Weeks Compensated. Enter under column 4 the total number of all UCX Intrastate continued weeks compensated and individual totals for each time lapse interval. These payments represent UCX only.

2. All Interstate Continued Weeks Compensated. (Includes Total and Partial/Part-Total Payments)

a. Column 1, Total Interstate Continued Weeks Compensated. Enter under column 1 the total number of all Interstate continued weeks compensated and individual totals for each time lapse interval. Each total reported in this column equals the sum of columns 2, 3, and 4.

b. Column 2, UI Interstate Continued Weeks Compensated. Enter under column 2 the total number of all state UI Interstate continued weeks compensated and individual totals for each time lapse interval. These payments represent state UI only and state UI in combination with UCFE and/or UCX (joint claims).

c. Column 3, UCFE Interstate Continued Weeks Compensated. Enter under column 3 the total number of all UCFE Interstate continued weeks compensated and individual totals for each time lapse interval. These payments represent UCFE only and UCFE in combination with UCX (joint claims).

d. Column 4, UCX Interstate Continued Weeks Compensated. Enter under column 4 the total number of all UCX Interstate continued weeks compensated and individual totals for each time lapse interval. These payments represent UCX only.

3. Intrastate Partial/Part-Total Continued Weeks Compensated Only.

a. Column 1, Total Intrastate Partial/Part-Total Continued Weeks Compensated. Enter under column 1 the total number of all Intrastate partial/part-total continued weeks compensated and individual totals for each time lapse interval. Each total reported in this column equals the sum of columns 2, 3, and 4.

b. Column 2, UI Intrastate Partial/Part-Total Continued Weeks Compensated. Enter under column 2 the total number of all State UI Intrastate partial/part-total continued weeks compensated and individual totals for each time lapse interval. These payments represent State UI only and State UI in combination with UCFE and/or UCX (joint claims).

c. Column 3, UCFE Intrastate Partial/Part-Total Continued Weeks Compensated. Enter under column 3 the total number of all UCFE Intrastate partial/part-total continued weeks compensated and individual totals for each time lapse interval. These payments represent UCFE only and UCFE in combination with UCX (joint claims).

d. Column 4, UCX Intrastate Partial/Part-Total Continued Weeks Compensated. Enter under column 4 the total number of all UCX Intrastate partial/part-total continued weeks compensated and individual totals for each time lapse interval. These payments represent UCX only.

4. Interstate Partial/Part-Total Continued Weeks Compensated Only.

a. Column 1, Total Interstate Partial/Part-Total Continued Weeks Compensated. Enter under column 1 the total number of all Interstate partial/part-total continued weeks compensated and individual totals for each time lapse interval. Each total reported in this column equals the sum of columns 2, 3, and 4.

b. Column 2, UI Interstate Partial/Part-Total Continued Weeks Compensated. Enter under column 2 the total number of all State UI Interstate partial/part-total continued weeks compensated and individual totals for each time lapse interval. These payments represent state UI only and state UI in combination with UCFE and/or UCX (joint claims).

c. Column 3, UCFE Interstate Partial/Part-Total Continued Weeks Compensated. Enter under column 3 the total number of all UCFE Interstate partial/part-total continued weeks compensated and individual totals for each time lapse interval. These payments represent UCFE only and UCFE in combination with UCX (joint claims).

d. Column 4, UCX Interstate Partial/Part-Total Continued Weeks Compensated. Enter under column 4 the total number of all UCX Interstate partial/part-total continued weeks compensated and individual totals for each time lapse interval. These payments represent UCX only.

5. Workshare Continued Weeks Compensated. Enter the total number of all Workshare continued weeks compensated and individual totals for each time lapse interval.

6. Comments. Explain in the comments area significant variations in time lapse in benefit payments from levels in the prior period or the same period one year ago.

a. Administrative Factors. Describe administrative factors, such as changes in operating procedures, issuance of rules and regulations, and staff turnover. These may affect data reported in such a way that they cannot be compared with data from prior reports or with current reports from other State agencies.

b. Legal Factors. Describe legal factors, such as new laws or policies. These may affect data reported in such a way that they cannot be compared with data from prior reports or on current reports from other State agencies.

c. Economic Factors. Describe economic factors which may affect data reported in such a way that conditions will be reflected in any of the tabulations. Cover such factors affecting benefit payment time lapse, e.g., mass layoffs and seasonal fluctuations in employment.

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