Arizona Revised Statutes Title 23. Labor § 23-634.01. Denial of benefits for failure to accept suitable work or actively seek work; definition

A. Notwithstanding § 23-776, an individual who is found by the department, with respect to any week in an eligibility period which begins from and after April 4, 1981, to have failed to apply for or accept available suitable work to which he was referred by the department or to have failed to actively engage in seeking work is disqualified from receiving extended benefits. The disqualification shall begin with the week in which the failure occurred and continue until the individual has been employed in each of four subsequent weeks, whether or not consecutive, and has earned remuneration equal to not less than four times his weekly benefit amount.

B. An individual shall not be denied extended benefits for failure to accept an offer of or apply for available suitable work as defined in subsection G of this section, if:

C. If an individual furnishes evidence satisfactory to the department that prospects for obtaining work in his customary occupation within a reasonably short period are good, the determination of whether any work is suitable with respect to the individual shall be made in accordance with the provisions of § 23-776 without reference to the definition contained in this section.

D. Work shall not be considered suitable work under this section if it would not be considered suitable under § 23-776, subsection C.

E. For the purposes of this section, an individual shall be treated as actively engaged in seeking work during any week if the department finds from tangible evidence provided by the individual that he has engaged in a systematic and sustained effort to obtain work during such week.

F. The department shall refer an individual entitled to extended benefits under this chapter to any work which is suitable work.

G. For the purposes of this section, “suitable work” with respect to any individual means work within the individual's capabilities in which: