Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - LABOR, DEPARTMENT OF › Title 219 - DEPARTMENT OF LABOR › Chapter 4 - CLAIMANT'S AVAILABILITY/WORK SEARCH REQUIREMENTS › Section 219-4-004

Current through June 17, 2024
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.