§ 65.31. Filing.

 Claims for compensation shall be filed personally by the claimant on official forms available for that purpose at local public employment offices, Monday through Friday, unless closed due to a holiday or by official pronouncement.

   The provisions of this §  65.31 adopted July 1, 1969; amended September 15, 1972, effective September 16, 1972, 2 Pa.B. 1731; amended July 13, 1973, effective July 14, 1973, 3 Pa.B. 1309. Immediately preceding text appears at serial page (9312).

   Because the unemployment compensation claimant’s backdating of an application for unemployment benefits could not be justified on the basis that the employer misrepresented about eligibility for benefits, claimant’s application was considered untimely. Mitchelree v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review, 635 A.2d 701 (Pa. Cmwlth. 1993).

   A claimant has not complied with the reporting requirements if he is aware of the reporting requirements but only visits the local office informally and irregularly and merely keeps a friend who works at the office apprised of his situation on an informal basis. Zinicola v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review, 407 A.2d 474 (Pa. Cmwlth. 1979).