# 56 Ill. Adm. Code 2865.125: Section 2865.125 Availability for Part-Time Work Only

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## Section

- **Citation:** 56 Ill. Adm. Code 2865.125
- **Heading:** Section 2865.125 Availability for Part-Time Work Only
- **Jurisdiction:** Illinois
- **Kind:** Regulations
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** Illinois Administrative Code / Title 56 LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT / CHAPTER IV: DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT SECURITY / Part 2865 CLAIMANT'S AVAILABILITY FOR WORK, ABILITY TO WORK AND ACTIVE SEARCH FOR WORK / Section 2865.125 Availability for Part-Time Work Only

## Text

Section 2865
Section 2865.125
Availability for Part-Time Work Only
The requirement that a claimant
shall be able and available for full-time work shall not be applied to a
claimant who can prove by a preponderance of the evidence that, for him or her,
only part-time work, defined in Section 2720.1, is suitable because:
a)         He or she restricts his or her availability to part-time work
due to:
1)         Circumstances which are beyond his or her own control, such
as, the advice of his or her physician that full-time work would adversely
affect his or her health; or
2)         The kind of work suitable to his or her skill, training or
experience is available only on a part-time basis, and he or she is not
reasonably qualified for available full-time work; and
b)         He or she is seeking work in an area where a labor market for
the part-time work applicable to him or her and suitable to his or her skill,
training or experience normally exists; and
c)         He or she has a reasonable possibility of securing that
part-time work suitable to his or her skill, training or experience.
EXAMPLE:  The
claimant is the single parent of a school age child. While otherwise suitable,
full-time work exists for a person with his skill, training or experience, the
claimant believes that it is in the best interest of his child that he be with
the child when the child is not in school. This claimant would not be eligible
for benefits, for he unduly restricts his availability to part-time work based
on a personal preference. The alternative of child care arrangements would
allow this claimant to work full-time.

## Nearby sections

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