PART II
CLAIMS FOR BENEFITS	

2.4  JOB ATTACHMENT.

2.4.5  Duration of Job Attachment

.1  THE DIVISION DIRECTOR, DURING TIMES OF ECONOMIC RECESSION BEGINNING IN 2008, MAY BY ORDER EXTEND THE PERIOD OF JOB ATTACHMENT FOR UP TO TWENTY-SIX WEEKS FOR CLAIMANTS WHO ARE JOB-ATTACHED TO AN EMPLOYER OR WHO ARE JOB-ATTACHED BY VIRTUE OF A UNION HIRING HALL ARRANGEMENT.  IN ENTERING ANY ORDER, THE DIRECTOR SHALL CONSIDER THAT A RECESSION IS A SIGNIFICANT DECLINE IN ECONOMIC ACTIVITY SPREAD ACROSS THE STATE, LASTING MORE THAN A FEW MONTHS, NORMALLY VISIBLE IN PRODUCTION, EMPLOYMENT, REAL INCOME, AND OTHER INDICATORS.

2.8  ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS

2.8.4	Actively Seeking Work. A claimant must make reasonable and diligent efforts to actively seek suitable work unless otherwise relieved of this requirement when he or she is by virtue of participation participating in approved training, is job attachmentattached, has a qualifying job separation as a surviving military spouse, or has limited job opportunities pursuant to articles 70 to 82 of title 8, C.R.S., or the regulations. A claimant who limits his or her work search solely to positions that are not available in the labor-market area or to positions for which he or she is not reasonably qualified shall not be considered actively seeking suitable work.

.8  qualifying job separation as a surviving military spouse.  THE DIVISION SHALL WAIVE THE REQUIREMENT TO ACTIVELY SEEK WORK FOR A CLAIMANT WHO RELOCATES TO A NEW PLACE OF RESIDENCE DUE TO THE DEATH OF A SPOUSE IN COMBAT, PROVIDED THE CLAIMANT IS AVAILABLE FOR SUITABLE WORK; AND THAT, THE INDIVIDUAL CLAIMANT’S SPOUSE AT THE TIME OF DEATH HAD BEEN A MEMBER OF THE UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES ON ACTIVE DUTY AS DEFINED IN 10 U.S.C. SEC. 101(d)(1), ACTIVE GUARD AND RESERVE DUTY AS DEFINED IN 10 U.S.C. SEC. 101 (d)(6), OR ACTIVE DUTY PURSUANT TO TITLE 10 OR 32 OF THE UNITED STATES CODE.