ABCs of CWC

1
ABCs of CWC

• IB-4s and IB-5s
• and
• WIC

2

• Dianne Spears Mississippi
• Chris Withee - Oregon

3
Combined Wage Claims

• Interstate Arrangement for Combining Employment
  and Wages
• The CWC Program is not voluntary.
• All states -- DC, PR and VI must have provisions
  for combined wage claims.

4
The CWC RulesThese rules are based on federal
regulations that apply to all states.

• The claimant must have a combination of covered
  employment and wages in two or more states during
  the base period to file a combined wage claim.
• A state can be the paying state on a CWC even if
  the claimant never worked in that state.
• Wages can't be used for a combined wage claim if
  they've been previously used to establish a
  benefit year against any state.
• The claimant CANNOT choose the paying state on a
  combined wage claim. A combined wage claim must
  be filed against the state in which the claimant
  is physically present, if the claimant is
  eligible under that state's laws.
• If the claimant can't qualify for an intrastate
  CWC, the paying state must be the state where the
  claimant last worked in covered employment and
  qualifies monetarily. The covered employment
  doesn't have to be in the base period. This is
  called the CWC "order of liability.

5
CWC Rules continued

• All wages in all states during the paying state's
  base period must be included when establishing a
  combined wage claim.
• UCFE wages (assignable to the transferring state)
  can be transferred to the paying state like any
  other wages.
• Unused UCX wages (previously assigned to another
  state, but not used because they are lag period
  wages) can be transferred like any other wages.
• Canada is not party to the wage combining
  arrangement. Canada will never be a paying or
  transferring state on a combined wage claim.
• Wage combining can only be used to make an
  otherwise non-valid claim valid, or to increase
  the benefit amount.

6
In the beginning

• The PAPER IB4

7
IB4 Request Out
8
Page 2IB4 Employer Page
9
UCFE Employment
10
TC-ETA 931Request for Federal Wage and
Separation Information
11
IB4 Request In
12
IB4 Response
13
Page 2IB4 Wage Display Screen
14
Wage Type Codes

• 0 REGULAR WAGES
• 1 SCHOOL WAGES
• 2 PROFESSIONAL ATHLETE
• 3 MILITARY
• 4 FEDERAL CIVILIAN
• 5 LOCAL GOVERNMENT

15
IB14Request for Reconsideration of wages
transferred
16
IB4 Response EXISTING BENEFIT YEAR
17
IB4 Response EXISTING IB4 - OTHER STATE
18
IB5 Response Using Wages
19
IB5 Response Returning Wages
20
WIC

• Withdrawal/Invalid Claim

21

• The Withdrawal/Invalid Claim Information
  application is used to exchange information
  pertaining to withdrawn, canceled or monetarily
  ineligible claims. This information is
  immediately available to another state.

22
The WIC main menu
23
(No Transcript)
24
(No Transcript)
25
(No Transcript)
26
(No Transcript)
27
(No Transcript)
28
(No Transcript)
29
(No Transcript)
30
(No Transcript)
31
WIC Help Screen
32

• Questions?????????????????????????????????????????
  ??????????????????????????????????????????????????
  ??????????????????????????????????????????????????
  ???????????????