Example 1: An individual retires from Company A. In accordance with the company's retirement plan, the individual has the option to receive a lump sum payment of $300,000.00 or a monthly annuity of $3,000.00 for the rest of his life. The individual chooses to receive the lump sum. The individual then files a claim for benefits. If the company notifies the Director within 10 calendar days after notification of the individual's claim for benefits, designating the periodic basis on which the individual could have received retirement payments, the amount the individual could have received each period, and the duration for which the individual could have received the periodic payments, the individual's $300,000.00 lump sum retirement payment will be deemed to have been received in monthly installments of $3,000.00 and will be allocated in accordance with subsection (b).
Example 2: The same situation as that given in the preceding example except that the company fails to notify the Director within 10 calendar days after notification of the individual's claim for benefits of the individual's option to receive periodic retirement payments. The company's failure to give such notice results in the individual's receipt of the lump sum retirement payment being treated as disqualifying only for the week in which it was paid.
Ill. Admin. Code tit. 56, § 2920.75
Amended at 18 Ill. Reg. 4166, effective March 3, 1994