NE Stricter state benefits requirements may soon call for jobless to make 5 contacts a week

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.omaha.com/news/metro/stricter-state-benefits-requirements-may-soon-call-for-jobless-to/article_ff91ef6a-34e6-56cc-b740-1e6affdef948.html

POSTED: WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5, 2015 12:01 AM | UPDATED: 12:46 PM, WED AUG 5, 2015.
By Paul Hammel / World-Herald Bureau

LINCOLN — The state’s plan to hasten the transition from unemployment to “re-employment” is getting mixed reviews.

Under proposed changes to the state’s “work search” requirements, Nebraskans on unemployment would be required to make five contacts a week with potential employers, up from the current two a week.

If they remain on unemployment, such workers would have to eventually increase the number of days devoted to searching for a new job from one day a week to three or four days a week.

State Labor Commissioner John Albin said Tuesday that he sees nothing overbearing about the proposed requirements and that getting a person into a new job faster benefits everyone, from the state to the person’s family.

FULL story at link. No more $ for gas though.