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Work search activity11/15/2023 The Board found the review examiner's decision unreasonable where there is no requirement that the work-search logs must be contemporaneously completed and where the examiner failed to ask the claimant any questions on how the logs were completed. In another instance the Board reversed a denial of UI benefits where a review examiner rejected a claimant's work search activity log on the grounds that it was "fabricated and unreliable" because the entries on the log were made with the same penmanship. 151A, § 24(b), although the Board noted that keeping a separate record is preferable. The claimant’s use of the database was sufficient to establish work search efforts under G.L. Further, the Board reversed a denial of UI benefits where the claimant entered detailed work search efforts in the UI Database but did not keep a separate comprehensive record. When the claimant was able to provide evidence that she was searching for work 3 to 4 days a week in a range of suitable jobs for a diverse field of employers, the Board reversed her previous denial of UI benefits. The Board has previously granted a remand in order to afford a claimant the opportunity to consolidate evidence of their work search and present it at a later date.
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