HB468 Alabama 2024 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Ed OliverRepresentative

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2024

Title

Unemployment compensation, unemployed individual required to contact an increased number of prospective employers for each week of unemployment claimed; further providing for the meaning of failure to seek or accept suitable work

Summary

HB468 would raise the weekly work-search requirements for unemployment benefits and clarify what counts as failure to seek or accept suitable work, with some technical updates.

What This Bill Does

The bill increases the number of prospective employers a claimant must contact per week for unemployment benefits and requires proof of those search efforts when filing weekly certifications, plus allows random reviews of the proof and lets the Governor suspend the requirement during emergencies. It also defines and clarifies the meaning of failure to seek or accept suitable work and expands related disqualification and benefit-reduction rules, including how training, labor disputes, quitting, misconduct, and other scenarios affect eligibility. The bill includes nonsubstantive technical revisions to update the code language.

Who It Affects

• Unemployed individuals collecting unemployment benefits, who would be required to contact more prospective employers each week, document their job-search efforts, and face potential denial or reduced benefits if they fail to meet requirements.
• Employers and the state unemployment system (including the Department of Labor and employers' experience-rating accounts), who may see changes in how benefit charges are applied, how overpayments are recovered, and how work-search verification is reviewed.

Key Provisions

• Increases the weekly number of prospective employers a claimant must contact to remain eligible for unemployment benefits (with proof of work-search efforts and random reviews; governor may suspend during emergencies).
• Clarifies the meaning of failure to seek or accept suitable work and expands the set of disqualification and benefit-reduction rules, including impacts from training, labor disputes, quitting, misconduct, and related procedures; also includes technical updates to the unemployment statute.

AI-generated summary using openai/gpt-5-nano on Feb 22, 2026. May contain errors — refer to the official bill text for accuracy.

Subjects

Labor & Employment