Illinois Appellate Court
Civil Court
Unemployment Benefits
IDES correctly denied Plaintiff's application for unemployment benefits, finding that he had not been "actively seeking work" during applicable time period. Plaintiff made only 2 job inquiries per week for 3 months, and did not intensify his efforts as that period lengthened. Although Plaintiff testified at hearing that he would have been willing to work as far as an hour and/or 40 miles away from where he resided, 25 of his 27 job inquiries were made at businesses in his hometown, and he provided no evidence that he was physically capable of performing the jobs for which he made inquiry, given that he was laid off due to no work available given his limitations after shoulder injury. (CARTER and O'BRIEN, concurring.)