---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 327.5"
title: "20"
number: "327.5"
heading: "Meaning of “available for work”."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/327.5"
---

# §327.5. Meaning of “available for work”.

- (a) **General definition.** A claimant for unemployment benefits is available for work if he is willing and ready to work.
- (b) **Willing to work.** A claimant is willing to work if he is willing to accept and perform for hire such work as is reasonably appropriate to his circumstances in view of factors such as:
  - (1) The current practices recognized by management and labor with respect to such work;
  - (2) The degree of risk involved to the claimant's health, safety, and morals;
  - (3) His physical fitness and prior training;
  - (4) His experience and prior earnings;
  - (5) His length of unemployment and prospects for obtaining work; and
  - (6) **The distance of the work from his residence and from his most recent work.**
- (c) **Ready to work.** A claimant is ready to work if he:
  - (1) Is in a position to receive notice of work which he is willing to accept and perform, and
  - (2) Is prepared to be present with the customary equipment at the location of such work within the time usually allotted.
- (d) **Deemed available for work.** During the period extending from March 1, 2020 until December 31, 2020, a claimant will be deemed to be available for work during any period for which he or she is subject to a state or local order related to the public health emergency declared effective March 1, 2020 preventing him or her from reporting to work.

## Notes

### Amendments

[Board Order 53-296, 18 FR 8157, Dec. 12, 1953, as amended at 85 FR 19386, Apr. 7, 2020]

### Authority

Authority: 45 U.S.C. 362(i), 362(l).

### Amendments

[Board Order 53-296, 18 FR 8157, Dec. 12, 1953, as amended at 85 FR 19386, Apr. 7, 2020]