Poo Poo to you you!! By the books kind of guy, who waste every last dime chasing after pennies huh??
Technically by all measures, I met the requirements every week. Don't you worry your little pencil pushing govt panties. I was even "reviewed" several times during this tenure and passed with flying colors!! They even laughed when I asked them if they wanted to see my "log". The one adjudicator even said, "we don't really look at those because most of them are just made up".
I was making close to 6 figures with bonus and options, so there really was not a lot of work available even at rates 20-30% lower. Not to mention I was in health insurance that was basically losing 600,000 members/customers a month. Not exactly an industry that was hiring at any level.
Granted I did not apply or look as hard as I "should have" but in 2009 the states were in no real position to deny unemployment because you could not find a job, or really were not putting effort in doing so. Do you even remember what 2009-2010 was like?
in my state its even more vague than that and had no specific number of "efforts" you had to make.
Right from the DOL.gov site on unemployment law. There is no specific law on the #, just a "guidance" from the courts.
The unemployment compensation law states that most unemployed workers must make reasonable efforts to find employment each week.
While the law does not specify what number of efforts to find work you must make each week, courts have generally said that an unemployed person who makes at least three employer contacts on two different days in a week has made reasonable efforts to obtain work during that week. Repeat contacts are not considered to be reasonable unless there is a definite reason to believe returning to the same employer would increase your chances of being hired.
Be actively seeking work by making reasonable efforts to find employment each week;
and
To demonstrate that you are genuinely exposed to the labor market, you must be ready, willing and able to accept any suitable work.
• During the weeks immediately after you first become unemployed, you may limit your work search to employment that is equivalent to your highest previous wage and skill level. However, after a reasonable period, if you have not found new employment, you will be expected to broaden your availability to other types of work and to jobs which may pay less than your highest previous wage.
• You may be interviewed periodically by American Job Center staff who will advise you regarding your compliance with this requirement. You may also be selected for an UI Re-employment Services and Eligibility Assessment through the American Job Center. If you are selected, your participation is mandatory. See the UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE REEMPLOYMENT SERVICES AND ELIGIBILITY ASSESSMENT (UI RESEA) section of this document for more information.