20 CFR §618.445
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- (a)Conditions. To be eligible for a relocation allowance, the AAW must:
- (1)File an application before either:
- (2)Be an AAW totally separated from adversely affected employment when the relocation begins;
- (3)Not have already received a relocation allowance under the same certification;
- (4)Relocate within the United States but outside the worker's commuting area;
- (5)Receive a determination by the State that the worker has no reasonable expectation of securing suitable employment in the commuting area, and has obtained either suitable employment or employment that pays a wage of at least the 75th percentile of national wages, as determined by the National Occupational Employment Wage Estimates, and otherwise meets the suitable employment requirements, or a bona fide offer of such employment, in the area of intended relocation;
- (6)Begin the relocation as promptly as possible after the date of certification but no later than:
- (i)182 days after the worker filed the application for a relocation allowance; or
- (ii)182 days after the conclusion of an approved training program, if the worker entered a training program that received supplemental assistance approved under § 618.640(c) (subsistence payments) and (d) (transportation payments), for training outside the worker's commuting area; and
- (7)Complete the relocation, as described in § 618.460(f), within a reasonable time as determined in accordance with FTR with the State giving consideration to, among other factors, whether:
- (b)Job search allowances. The State may not approve a relocation allowance and a job search allowance for an AAW at the same time. However, if the worker has received a job search allowance, the worker may receive a relocation allowance at a later time or receive a relocation allowance as a result of a successful job search for which the worker received a job search allowance.