Unless the secretary of the Department of Labor and Regulation determines that an individual has completed reemployment services, such as job search assistance services, or there is justifiable cause for an individual not to participate in such services, an unemployed individual is eligible to receive benefits for any week only if the individual participates in reemployment services determined by the secretary to be necessary for one of the following reasons:

1. (1) By means of a profiling system administered to an individual when the first benefit payment is issued, the secretary determines that the individual is likely to exhaust regular benefits and need reemployment services; or

2. (2) Based on an evaluation of the individual's experience, skills, and education level, the secretary determines that reemployment services will reduce the length of unemployment.

   Justifiable cause includes factors such as attending approved training or obtaining employment which will start within three weeks.

Source: 21 SDR 86, effective November 10, 1994; 39 SDR 127, effective January 23, 2013; 46 SDR 11, effective July 31, 2019.

General Authority: SDCL 61-7-1.

Law Implemented: SDCL 61-6-1.

Prior versions effective: 2013-01-23.