A while back, New Jersey offered job seekers a carrot in the form a website consolidating search tools, job-related news and employment opportunities. The state Department of Labor and Workforce Development site helps connect employers and the unemployed efficiently and effectively.
This week, the department introduced the stick.
New Jerseyans receiving unemployment benefits as they search for work may soon be required to search for openings online, on the state-run jobs board called Jobs4Jersey.com, every week, The Star Ledger has reported.
Right now, the only requirement is that they check in with state officials by phone, mail, in person or online.
But a weekly search of the jobs board is “the very least that a claimant can do,” according to the department.
“If a claimant fails to simply register with Jobs4Jersey, then he or she is not actively seeking work and should not collect benefits,” Labor Department officials wrote in the New Jersey Register, detailing the proposal. “Each such effort benefits all taxpayers in that it helps to restore the solvency of the Unemployment Compensation Trust Fund.”
Chosen excerpts by Job Market Monitor
via Editorial: Online job search requirement for N.J. unemployment benefits is unfair burden | NJ.com.
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