[Little Pig]

The standards for getting unemployment are incredibly low. If you can’t manage it, you’re either deliberately not trying, or you know nothing about the internet. All you have to do is get an account set up on Careerbuilder or one of the other big jobsites, and you’ll easily be able to do the three-job/wk requirement in less than 30 minutes, leaving you the rest of the week to go to the movies and otherwise waste time, if you’re just in it for the unemployment checks. For those of us who actually wanted a job, making the 3/wk minimum was trivial, since I at least was going for easily 40 jobs/wk.

[FlingWingFlyer]

I thought Pelosi said they should paint pictures, write poems or learn to play the guitar while they were unemployed.

[2ndDivisionVet]

As someone who has worked over 15 years at two different state’s (Iowa and Texas) unemployment offices, I assure you that this is true in all 50 states. There is a work search requirement and if they find you haven’t been doing it, it’s considered an overpayment. You do have appeal rights, though.

[WeatherGuy]

"Vandelay Industries!!! Say Vandelay Industries!!!!!"

[Grams A]

Every week I have lots of people calling to see if I have any job openings. My business listing is just my acronym with no address and callers generally ask the full name and business address. What a scam. IMO they need to at least provide written proof that they have personally visited businesses to inquire about openings such as including a written verification from someone at the company they contacted.

[Lazlo in PA]

This is a stupid waste of time requirement. I don’t know how it works in WA, but in PA we pay into the system. If we want to sit around or in most cases work under the table until it runs out, that is our business. Don’t the WA Gov’t beadles have anything better to do than track down these people in this economy?

[funfan]

“Earlier this year, state officials said nearly 7,000 people lied and cheated to collect unemployment checks last year, a 56 percent rise in fraud cases since 2009.”

Shocking :)

[Revolting cat!]

Employer expense on employee’s behalf might as well be considered employee expense, since theoretically it too comes out of the paycheck.

Duh! (Does this have to be even argued?!)

[count-your-change]

Remember though that the jobs the person searches for must be in their regular line of work, the guy that operated heavy machinery doesn’t have to check with the local hospital to see if they need any surgeons.

[mad_as_he$$]

Many states have eliminated this requirement for UE. It was a real PITA for businesses to have a stream of people coming in all day wanting their papers signed. Very time consuming.

[AppyPappy]

Good luck collecting that money