---identifier: "/us/cfr/t20/s604.4"source: "ecfr"legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"title: "20 CFR § 604.4 - Application—ability to work."title_number: 20title_name: "Employees' Benefits"section_number: "604.4"section_name: "Application—ability to work."chapter_name: "EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR"part_number: "604"part_name: "REGULATIONS FOR ELIGIBILITY FOR UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION"positive_law: falsecurrency: "2026-03-24"last_updated: "2026-03-24"format_version: "1.1.0"generator: "[email protected]"authority: "42 U.S.C. 1302(a); 42 U.S.C. 503(a)(2) and (5); 26 U.S.C. 3304(a)(1) and (4); 26 U.S.C. 3306(h); 42 U.S.C. 1320b-7(d); Secretary's Order No. 4-75 (40 FR 18515); and Secretary's Order No. 14-75 (November 12, 1975)."regulatory_source: "72 FR 1893, Jan. 16, 2007, unless otherwise noted."cfr_part: "604"---
Identifier
/us/cfr/t20/s604.4
Currency
2026-03-24
Positive Law
No
Updated
2026-03-24
Chapter
Employment and Training Administration, Department of Labor
Authority
42 U.S.C. 1302(a); 42 U.S.C. 503(a)(2) and (5); 26 U.S.C. 3304(a)(1) and (4); 26 U.S.C. 3306(h); 42 U.S.C. 1320b-7(d); Secretary's Order No. 4-75 (40 FR 18515); and Secretary's Order No. 14-75 (Novemb... 42 U.S.C. 1302(a); 42 U.S.C. 503(a)(2) and (5); 26 U.S.C. 3304(a)(1) and (4); 26 U.S.C. 3306(h); 42 U.S.C. 1320b-7(d); Secretary's Order No. 4-75 (40 FR 18515); and Secretary's Order No. 14-75 (November 12, 1975).
# 604.4 Application—ability to work.(a) A State may consider an individual to be able to work during the week of unemployment claimed if the individual is able to work for all or a portion of the week claimed, provided any limitation on his or her ability to work does not constitute a withdrawal from the labor market.(b) If an individual has previously demonstrated his or her ability to work and availability for work following the most recent separation from employment, the State may consider the individual able to work during the week of unemployment claimed despite the individual's illness or injury, unless the individual has refused an offer of suitable work due to such illness or injury.