Efforts—general

(a) The Administrator shall require that for each week for which a claim for benefits is made, an individual must make reasonable efforts to obtain work. (b) The Administrator shall deny benefits to an individual on the basis of the individual's failure to make reasonable efforts to obtain work only if the Administrator has determined the individual to be available for suitable work and the individual's efforts to obtain work in a given week were inadequate in terms of quantity, type of work sought or method of work search utilized. (c) The Administrator shall not require any individual who is sixty-two years of age or older and who is involuntarily retired under a compulsory retirement policy or contract provision to make reasonable efforts to obtain work. (d) The Administrator shall not deny benefits on the basis of a failure to make reasonable efforts, unless the Administrator has first advised the individual of the requirements of section 31-235 of the Connecticut General Statutes and given the individual an opportunity to comply.