A. in order for a claimant to be "available
for work" within the meaning of Neb. Rev. Stat
§
48-627(3),
a claimant for whom the work search requirement has not been waived pursuant to
219 NAC 4(007) must actively seek work in accordance with the provisions of
this Chapter. (See also,
20 C.F.R. §
604.5 and 42 U.S.C.A. 503.)
B. A claimant, for whom the work search
requirement has not been waived pursuant to 219 NAC 4(007), shall be required
to make an active and earnest search for work that is reasonably calculated to
result in the earliest possible reemployment of the claimant. An active and
earnest search for work shall include five reemployment activities each benefit
week. At least two of a claimant's five reemployment activities each benefit
week shall be applications for permanent employment. Applications for
employment shall be made in a method accepted by the employer.
C. The following items will count as a
reemployment activity as used in paragraph 004(B) above:
1. Attending a Nebraska Reemployment Services
Session with the Nebraska Department of Labor.
2. Conducting work searches using Internet
job banks as well as professional/trade publications (the URL for the site
searched and the date the web site was accessed shall be provided to the
Department of Labor).
3. Applying
to a job posting through the Nebraska Department of Labor's web application for
reemployment services (NEworks.nebraska.gov).
4. Applying to a job posting through an
Internet job bank or directly through an employer's website (proof of the date
of application and job applied for shall be shall be provided to the Department
of Labor).
5. Attending a resume
writing class for the purpose of preparing or revising a resume for submission
to a job posting.
6. Attending lob
seeking skills classes, workshops, or job clubs.
7. Meeting with a career counselor.
8. Attending a sponsored networking event in
your occupational field or industry.
9. Attending a job fair.
10. Joining a professional organization in
your occupational field or industry.
11. Taking a civil service exam.
12. Taking a pre-employment exam, at the
request of an employer.
13. Taking
skills and interests tests sponsored by the Department of Labor, a community
college or accredited college or university to identify a new occupational
field or industry.
14. Visiting an
employer's place of business to fill out a job application.
15. Telephoning employers to arrange for lob
interviews.
16. A claimant shall
record each week's work search activities effort in an electronic web
application maintained and verified by the Department of Labor as the
Commissioner of Labor shall direct. A claimant shall record reemployment
activities contacts (a) during the week in which he or she is looking for work,
or (b) at the same time he or she claims for benefits for the benefit week for
which the work search was performed. However, a claimant shall not record his
or her work search activities after he or she submits a claim for benefits for
the benefit week the work searches were performed. A failure to record the
reemployment activities in the directed manner will be considered a failure to
report, and the claimant shall be ineligible for the week in which he or she
failed to report.
D.
Referrals by the Nebraska Department of Labor of job openings matching up with
the job skills described in the claimant's resume shall be considered as a
direction by the Commissioner to apply for available, suitable work within the
meaning of Neb. Rev. Stat
§
48-628.03(3).
E. Eligibility for benefits of claimants
seeking only part-time work is established in Neb. Rev. Stat.
§
48-627.
