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1 1 Section 1. Section 96.4, subsection 3, Code 2003, is
1 2 amended to read as follows:
1 3 3. a. The individual is able to work, is available for
1 4 work, and is earnestly and actively seeking work. To be
1 5 eligible under this subsection, the individual must:
1 6 (1) Be able and available for full-time work for which the
1 7 individual is fitted by prior training or experience.
1 8 (2) Reside in a locality where opportunities for work are
1 9 not less favorable than those in the locality where the
1 10 individual resided at the time of the individual's most recent
1 11 separation from employment.
1 12 (3) Actively seek work and keep a record of where and when
1 13 the individual has sought work and produce such record to the
1 14 director upon request.
1 15 (4) Actively seek work during periods of nonseasonal
1 16 operations where the individual has been customarily employed
1 17 in seasonal employment.
1 18 b. If an eligible individual is available for work for
1 19 less than six of seven days in a week, the individual's weekly
1 20 benefit amount shall be reduced by one-sixth of such amount
1 21 for each day the individual is unavailable for work. If an
1 22 individual is unavailable for work for four days or more in a
1 23 week, the individual shall be considered unavailable for the
1 24 entire week.
1 25 c. This subsection is waived if the individual is deemed
1 26 partially unemployed, while employed at the individual's
1 27 regular job, as defined in section 96.19, subsection 38,
1 28 paragraph "b", unnumbered paragraph 1, or temporarily
1 29 unemployed as defined in section 96.19, subsection 38,
1 30 paragraph "c". The work search requirements of this
1 31 subsection and the disqualification requirement for failure to
1 32 apply for, or to accept suitable work of section 96.5,
1 33 subsection 3 are waived if the individual is not disqualified
1 34 for benefits under section 96.5, subsection 1, paragraph "h".
1 35 EXPLANATION
2 1 This bill provides additional requirements for an
2 2 individual to be considered able and available to work in
2 3 order to preclude individuals from being eligible for benefits
2 4 who are not able or available to work full time, who change
2 5 the individual's residence to a locality where opportunities
2 6 to work are less favorable, and to encourage individuals to
2 7 seek work by requiring individuals to keep a record of the
2 8 individual's work search and to seek work during periods of
2 9 the individual's customary nonseasonal work periods. The bill
2 10 provides that an individual's weekly benefit amount shall be
2 11 reduced by one-sixth for each day of six days per week that an
2 12 individual is unavailable for work, and that if the individual
2 13 is unavailable for more than four days in one week, the
2 14 individual shall be considered unavailable for the entire
2 15 week.
2 16 LSB 5361YC 80
2 17 kk/gg/14
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