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

Increased the number of prospective employers claimants must contact from three to five for counties with 20,000 or more residents, while keeping the three-employer requirement for smaller counties.

Added requirement for claimants to participate in reemployment services if they are likely to exhaust regular benefits, with exceptions for justifiable cause.

Added new criteria requiring claimants to have earned wages equal to at least eight times their weekly benefit amount in the preceding benefit year to qualify for benefits in a succeeding year.

Added detailed definition of 'jury duty' and clarified how jury duty affects work search requirements and benefit eligibility.

Made nonsubstantive formatting updates to align code language with current style conventions.