---
kind: "section"
citation: "15 U.S.C. § 9033"
title: "15"
title_heading: "Commerce and Trade"
number: "9033"
heading: "Return to work reporting"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/15/9033"
units:
  - "Chapter 116 — Coronavirus Economic Stabilization (cares Act)"
  - "Subchapter II — Unemployment Insurance Provisions"
---

# §9033. Return to work reporting


Each [State](/usc/15/9041.md?p=10) participating in an [agreement](/usc/15/7a.md?p=2) under any of the preceding sections of this subtitle shall have in effect a method to address any circumstances in which, during any period during which such [agreement](/usc/15/7a.md?p=2) is in effect, [claimants](/usc/15/7a.md?p=4) of unemployment compensation refuse to return to work or to accept an offer of suitable work without good cause. Such method shall include the following:

- (1) A reporting method for [employers](/usc/15/9131.md?p=4), such as through a phone line, email, or online portal, to notify the [State](/usc/15/9041.md?p=10) agency when an individual refuses an offer of employment.
- (2) A plain-language notice provided to such [claimants](/usc/15/7a.md?p=4) about [State](/usc/15/9041.md?p=10) return to work laws, rights to refuse to return to work or to refuse suitable work, including what constitutes suitable work, and a [claimant](/usc/15/7a.md?p=4)’s right to refuse work that poses a risk to the [claimant](/usc/15/7a.md?p=4)’s health or safety, and information on contesting the denial of a claim that has been denied due to a report by an [employer](/usc/15/9131.md?p=4) that the [claimant](/usc/15/7a.md?p=4) refused to return to work or refused suitable work.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 116–136, div. A, title II, § 2117, as added Pub. L. 116–260, div. N, title II, § 251(a), Dec. 27, 2020, 134 Stat. 1961.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

This subtitle, referred to in text, is subtitle A (§ 2101 et seq.) of title II of div. A of Pub. L. 116–136, Mar. 27, 2020, 134 Stat. 313, known as the Relief for Workers Affected by Coronavirus Act. For complete classification of subtitle A to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 9001 of this title and Tables.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Pub. L. 116–260, div. N, title II, § 251(b), Dec. 27, 2020, 134 Stat. 1961, provided that: “The requirements imposed by this section [enacting this section] shall take effect 30 days from the date of enactment of this Act [Dec. 27, 2020].”