SEEK AND ACCEPT WORK - WEEK OF OCCURRENCE DISQUALIFICATION. An individual shall be disqualified to receive benefits for each week in which the individual shall have failed to do any of the following:

1. 1. Diligently search for suitable employment at a pay rate generally available in that area of the state in keeping with his or her prior experience, education and training;
2. 2. Make application for work with employers who could reasonably be expected to have work available within that general geographic area of the state;
3. 3. Present oneself as an applicant for employment in a manner designed to encourage favorable employment consideration; or

4. 4. Participate in reemployment services, such as job search assistance services, if the individual has been determined likely to exhaust regular benefits and needs reemployment services pursuant to a profiling system established by the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission. An individual will not be disqualified under this paragraph for failure to participate in reemployment services, if:

   1. a. the individual has previously completed reemployment services, or
   2. b. there is justifiable cause for the individual's failure to participate in reemployment services.

Laws 1994, SB 641, c. 166, § 1, eff. September 1, 1994; Amended by Laws 1995, HB 1462, c. 340, § 9, emerg. eff. July 1, 1995.