| Chapter 207 |
| 2016 -- S 2850 SUBSTITUTE A Enacted 06/29/2016 |
| A N A C T |
| RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS - EMPLOYMENT SECURITY - BENEFITS |
| Introduced By: Senator Maryellen Goodwin |
| Date Introduced: March 23, 2016 |
| It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: |
| SECTION 1. Section 28-44-12 of the General Laws in Chapter 28-44 entitled |
| "Employment Security - Benefits" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
| 28-44-12. Availability and registration for work. -- (a) An individual shall not be |
| eligible for benefits for any week of his or her partial or total unemployment unless during that |
| week he or she is physically able to work full-time and be available for full-time work. To prove |
| availability for work, every individual partially or totally unemployed shall register for work and |
| shall: |
| (1) File a claim for benefits within any time limits, with any frequency, and in any |
| manner, in person or in writing, as the director may prescribe; |
| (2) Respond whenever duly called for work through the employment office; and |
| (3) Make an active, independent search for suitable, full-time work. |
| (b) If an unemployed individual has been determined to be likely to exhaust regular |
| benefits and to need reemployment services pursuant to a profiling system established by the |
| director, the individual shall be eligible to receive benefits with respect to any week only if the |
| individual participates in reemployment services, such as job search assistance services, unless |
| the director determines that: |
| (1) The individual has completed those services; or |
| (2) There is justifiable cause for the individual's failure to participate in those services. |
| (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this title to the contrary, individuals with a |
| definite return-to-work date that is within twelve (12) weeks of their last day of physical work, as |
| certified by their employer on the employer separation notice provided to the department, shall be |
| exempt from the work search requirements of subsections (a)(2) and (a)(3) of this section. |
| SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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