871—24.8 (96) Notifying employing units of claims filed, requests for wage and separation information, and decisions made.
	 24.8(1) Mailing of a notice of the filing of an initial claim or a request for wage and separation information to employing units.
	  a.   	 The Form 65-5317, Notice of Claim, and the Form 68-0221, Request for Wage and Separation Information, shall be addressed to:
	 (1) 	 The address or addresses as requested by the employing unit and agreed to by the department; or
	 (2) 	 The business office of the employing unit where the records of the individual’s employment are maintained; or
	 (3) 	 The employing unit’s place of business where the individual claiming benefits was most recently employed.
	  b.   	 A notice of the filing of an initial claim or a request for wage and separation information shall be mailed to an owner, partner, executive officer, departmental manager or other responsible employee of the employing unit or to an agent designated to represent the employing unit in unemployment insurance matters.
	 (1) 	 An agent who has been authorized to represent an employing unit in unemployment insurance matters may be furnished information from the files of the department to the extent designated in the authorization and in the same manner and to the same extent that the information would be furnished to the employing unit.
	 (2) 	 The appointment of an agent to act for the employing unit and to receive documents and reports in no way abrogates the right of department representatives to deal directly with the employing unit when it appears that this will best serve the interest of the parties.
	 24.8(2) Responding by employing units to a notice of the filing of an initial claim or a request for wage and separation information and protesting the payment of benefits.
	  a.   	 The employing unit which receives a Form 65-5317, Notice of Claim, or a Form 68-0221, Request for Wage and Separation Information, must, within ten days of the date of the notice or request, submit to the department wage or separation information that affects the individual’s rights to benefits, including any facts which disclose that the individual separated from employment voluntarily and without good cause attributable to the employer or was discharged for misconduct in connection with employment.
	  b.   	 The employing unit may protest the payment of benefits if the protest is postmarked within ten days of the date of the notice of the filing of an initial claim. In the event that the tenth day falls on a Saturday, Sunday or holiday, the protest period is extended to the next working day of the department. If the employing unit has filed a timely report of facts that might adversely affect the individual’s benefit rights, the report shall be considered as a protest to the payment of benefits.
	  c.   	 If the employing unit protests that the individual was not an employee and it is subsequently determined that the individual’s name was changed, the employing unit shall be deemed to have not been properly notified and the employing unit shall again be provided the opportunity to respond to the notice of the filing of the initial claim.
	  d.   	 The employing unit has the option of notifying the department under conditions which, in the opinion of the employing unit, may disqualify an individual from receiving benefits. The notification may be made by mail using Form 60-0154, Notice of Separation, or by telephone using a telephone number designated by the department.
	 (1) 	 The Notice of Separation, Form 60-0154, must be postmarked or received before or within ten days of the date that the Notice of Claim, Form 65-5317, was mailed to the employer. In the event that the tenth day falls on Saturday, Sunday or holiday, the protest period is extended to the next working day of the department. If a claim for unemployment insurance benefits has not been filed, the Notice of Separation may be accepted at any time.
	 (2) 	 Rescinded IAB 2/10/99, effective 3/17/99.
	 24.8(3) Completing and signing of forms by an employing unit which may affect the benefit rights of an individual.
	  a.   	 A notice of separation, and any response by an employing unit or its authorized agent to a notice of the filing of an initial claim or a request for wage and separation information, shall be accomplished by properly completing the form or computerized format provided by the department.
	  b.   	 A notice of separation, and any paper response by an employing unit or its authorized agent to a notice of the filing of an initial claim or a request for wage and separation information, shall be executed by the employing unit on the form provided by the department under the signature of an individual proprietor, a partner, an executive officer, a department manager or other responsible employee who handles employee information, or who has direct knowledge of the reasons for the individual’s separation from employment or by completing the computerized form designated by the department.
	  c.   	 Failure by an employing unit or its authorized agent to properly complete or sign any form provided by the department relating to the adjudication of a claim shall result in the return of the form to the employing unit or its authorized agent for proper completion or signature; however, an extension of any notice or response period to allow for the return of the form shall not be granted.
	  d.   	 Failure by an employing unit or its authorized agent to timely submit any notice or response requested by the department shall result in the department representative’s making a determination of the individual’s rights to benefits based on the information available.
	 24.8(4) Mailing of determinations, redeterminations and decisions to employing units.
	  a.   	 An employing unit which has filed a timely response or protest to the notice of the filing of an initial claim shall be notified in writing of the determination as to the individual’s rights to benefits. If an employing unit of the individual has submitted timely information affecting the individual’s rights to benefits, including facts which disclose that the individual voluntarily quit without good cause attributable to the employing unit or was discharged for misconduct in connection with employment, the employing unit shall be notified in writing of the department’s decision as to the cause of termination of the individual’s employment.
	  b.   	 Any notice of determination or decision shall contain a statement setting forth the employing unit’s right of appeal.
	  c.   	 Determinations as to an individual’s right to benefits, decisions as to the cause of termination of the individual’s employment, decisions as to an employing unit’s experience record and correspondence related thereto shall be sent to:
	 (1) 	 The address of the employing unit to which the notice of the filing of an initial claim was mailed; or
	 (2) 	 The address requested by the employing unit on the document filed with the department in response or protest to the notice of the filing of an initial claim;
	 (3) 	 If the employing unit in its response or protest to the notice of the filing of an initial claim furnishes the address of an agent for the employing unit and requests that further documents and correspondence be sent to the agent, the department representative shall comply, provided there is on file with the department an approved authorization (power of attorney) designating the agent to represent the employing unit.