What is Approved Training?
Unemployment Insurance claimants are expected to actively look for work and make job contacts every week. However, in some cases if a claimant is attending training or school, the expectation to look for work and make job contacts may be waived, as determined by the local workforce center.
Will I still receive Benefits while participating in a training program?
Any week you are participating in a training program with the approval of the Employment Services of Weld County that meets the requirements listed below, you will not be denied benefits for the reason of not actively searching for work, failed to apply for or refused to accept suitable work.
When will my required job contacts be waived?
This waiver is issued on a short time basis (possibly semester by semester). The claimant must produce evidence of continued attendance and satisfactory progress in an approved training course when requested by the Employment Services of Weld County.
The following criteria must be met:
- The claimant must show that their skills are such that reasonable employment opportunities do not exist or have substantially diminished in the labor-market area. The individual must show that they have little or no prospect of obtaining suitable employment.
- The claimant must demonstrate that they possess the qualifications and aptitudes to successfully complete the training program or education courses.
- The claimant must show that there is a reasonable expectation that they will complete the training course.
- The training or schooling must relate to an occupation or skill for which there are, or are expected to be, reasonable employment opportunities.
- The training or education course must be reasonably designed to result in the claimant's prompt reemployment in suitable work.
