The U.S. Labor Department proposes requiring five qualifying job-search activities per benefit week, with details reported before unemployment benefits are paid.1
That does not mean five applications. Interviews and placement-agency contacts also qualify. States could use a five-point system instead; specified circumstances would satisfy the minimum.1
The document is a proposal, not a new rule in force. It is scheduled for Federal Register publication on 10 November.1
Bloomboff's take
A checklist still isn’t a job offer.
