Dept. of Labor requires weekly job filings

The Idaho Department of Labor is implementing a new online weekly continued claim reporting system that requires unemployment benefit claimants to provide specific information about weekly job contacts.

Beginning Nov. 13, claimants must enter specific, verifiable information about where they looked for work the previous week when they file their weekly continued claim reports.

Depending on the type of contact that is made, the information may include the phone number, address and name of the person contacted for a job, website visited including URL and confirmation numbers.

This new requirement is part of the department’s continuing effort to combat unemployment insurance fraud. The work search contact information will be stored in a database to make verifying multiple work search contacts more efficient.

Failure to contact at least two employers for jobs each week disqualifies claimants for benefits for that week.

Claimants will continue to file their weekly reports online at www.labor.idaho.gov/cc and are encouraged to continue using the work search log to gather contact information that will be required when they file their weekly reports.

More information on work search requirements is online at http://labor.idaho.gov/uitips.