Section 5 Initial Claim

• Library: Employer-Employee Law 2008

The claim process begins when a claimant calls a regional telephone center and files an “[i]nitial claim.” Section 288.030.1(20), RSMo Supp. 2007; 8 C.S.R. § 10-3.010(1). This should be done as soon as possible after an individual becomes unemployed, although a claimant does not have to be unemployed to file an initial claim. The effective date of the claim and the beginning of the “[b]enefit year,” §...