COL LEG Unemployment Insurance ID

Updated on: Feb 27, 2025

Latest Event


  • Feb. 2025 COL LEG Hearing
  • On Feb. 25, 2025, COL LEG reported upcoming hearing on employment security rule.
  • Hearing, on Mar. 25, 2025, is in regard to making permanent the emergency rule establishing identity verification as a requirement for unemployment insurance claims.

On Jan. 25, COL LEG amended unemployment ins ID verification rule.

  • COL LEG Division of Unemployment Insurance issued emergency regulation to require unemployment insurance claimants to verify identity via department-approved means.
  • Aims to close loophole fraudsters used in appeals process to avoid verification process.
  • Provided redline of proposed amendments on emergency rule justification document.
  • Unemployment Insurance Identification
  • Amended COL LEG 7-1101-2.1 on claims for benefits, registration and filing claims.
  • To establish the validity of an initial, additional, or reopened claim, the division may require claimant to provide documentation or other evidence to establish their identity.
  • Failure to provide such information may result in disallowance of benefits.
  • Such information must be provided by means prescribed by the division director.
  • Effectiveness
  • Emergency regulation effective Jan. 25, 2025; expires on Apr. 22, 2025.
  • Feb. 2025 COL LEG Hearing
  • On Feb. 25, 2025, COL LEG reported upcoming hearing on employment security rule.
  • Hearing, on Mar. 25, 2025, is in regard to making permanent the emergency rule establishing identity verification as a requirement for unemployment insurance claims.
Regulators
COL LEG
Entity Types
Corp; Ins
Reference
COL SR Vol. 48 No. 4, RF 2025-00035, 2/25/2025; RF 2024-00638, COL SR Vol. 48 No. 2, 1/25/2025; Citation: COL LEG 7-1101-2.1;
Functions
Compliance; Financial; Legal; Reporting
Countries
United States of America
Category
State
N/A
Products
Corporate; Insurance; Unemployment
Rule Type
Final
Regions
Am
Rule Date
Jan 25, 2025
Effective Date
Mar 25, 2025
Rule ID
241784
Linked to
N/A
Reg. Last Update
Feb 25, 2025
Report Section
US Insurance