Section 172-27-8 - Eligibility and Weekly Claims FilingA. After serving a waiting period as prescribed by the commissioner, an eligible employee is eligible to receive WorkShare benefits with respect to any week only if the commissioner finds that:1. During the week, the eligible employee is employed as a member of an affected unit under an approved WorkShare plan that was approved prior to that week and that is in effect with respect to the week for which WorkShare benefits are claimed.2. The eligible employee is deemed unemployed in that the wages, which may include approved leave pay, are paid to that eligible employee in an affected unit is less than that eligible employee's normal weekly hours of work as specified under the approved WorkShare plan in effect for the week.3. The eligible employee is available and able to work the normal workweek with the WorkShare employer.4. The eligible employee meets other conditions of eligibility for regular benefits that are not inconsistent with the WorkShare program.5. Monetary eligibility must be established in accordance with subsection 5 of Section 1192 of Maine Employment Security Law.B. The employer and employee must both provide and certify the requested information in their respective portions of the WorkShare Weekly Claim Form, and submit it to the Bureau as directed.C. A separate WorkShare weekly claim form must be completed for each week.D. WorkShare Weekly Claim Forms shall be submitted to the Bureau by the claimant no later than 14 days after the week ending date of the weekly claim. An additional 7 days may be allowed if the claimant can show good cause for not filing within the first 14 days. Any weekly claim filed more than 21 days after the week ending date of the claim shall be considered late and benefits denied for that week.E. WorkShare weekly claims shall be submitted in a format prescribed by the Bureau.12-172 C.M.R. ch. 27, § 8