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| basic concepts |
benefit periods |
Pilot project |
Project # 14 |
Summary:
The claimant established a benefit period effective March 15, 2009. The Commission determined that the claimant did not qualify for additional weeks of benefits under Pilot Project # 14 because an active return to work plan was not in place by August 23, 2009 as required under 77.91(3)(c) of the EIR for benefit periods commencing before May 31, 2009. The FCA allowed the application for judicial review. The FCA held where the claimant’s benefit period began before May 31, 2009, Pilot Project # 14 is only available where the active return to work plan is in place before August 23, 2009 and that there is no power to forgive lateness in filing an active return to work plan where there is good cause for the delay.
