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Ind. Code § 22-4-2-42

Systematic and sustained effort

Known as the Indiana Employment and Training Services Act

The act spans §§ 22-4-10-1 to 22-4-9-6 (335 sections).

As added by P.L.200-2025, SEC.3.

Sec. 42. As used in this article, "systematic and sustained effort" means a high level of job search activity throughout the given week, including the following:

(1) A plan of search for work which results in contacts with hiring authorities or follows a prospective employer's hiring procedure in addition to any search offered by organized public and private agencies or union or private placement offices or hiring halls.

(2) Actions comparable to actions by which jobs are being found by people in the community and labor market, but not restricted to a single manner of search for work.

(3) A search which includes all types of suitable work for the individual's job prospects classification.

(4) A search by every claimant, without exception for individuals or classes of individuals other than those in approved training, as required under Section 3304(a)(8) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 or Section 236(e) of the Trade Act of 1974.

(5) A search suspended only when severe weather conditions or other calamity forces suspension of the activities by most members of the community.

(6) The individual, while classified by the department as having good job prospects, if the individual normally obtains customary work through a hiring hall, shall search for any suitable work.

Official source: Indiana General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Indiana statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.