Narrative: d. 3.

Administration of the work test for State UI system: Claimants are required to register with Maine’s JobLink (Maine’s labor exchange system). When a claimant files an initial claim for UI benefits through the ReEmployME system, the claimant is automatically registered with the MJL through an interface connection if no such prior registration exists. Claimants receive an email with their login details and how to proceed to their MJL profile to edit and add information.

Employment Services (ES) staff are trained in basic unemployment insurance (UI) requirements, including identifying work test issues ensuring that an individual whom a State determines to be eligible for unemployment insurance benefits is able to work, available for work, and actively seeking work in accordance with 20 CFR §652.210, the State's unemployment compensation law or assisting in resolving UI claimant problems in coordination with our UI partner team members.  Able and available issues are reported timely and appropriately to Unemployment Compensation. 

Job Finding and Placement Services ES staff understand acceptable work search methods to expand the claimants understanding of the many options to actively seeking work but also to encourage a more robust job search that will result in new employment. Active work search methods reviewed with  claimants include; contacting an employer directly about a job, having a job interview, submitting a resume or application to an employer or to a job website, using a public or private employment agency, job service, placement firm, or university employment center, contacting a job recruiter or head hunter, placing or answering a job advertisement and checking union or professional registers or seeking assistance through social networks. In addition, claimants receive career services suitable to their reemployment needs including standard labor exchange-based job matching and referral services.