Question juridique clé
Whether the insured had a duty to seek work before unemployment despite a planned surgery.
Solution extraite
Yes. The duty to seek work arose before unemployment and was not excused by the uncertain surgery date.
Motifs extraits
An insured must make reasonable efforts to avoid or shorten unemployment, and the duty ceases only once future employment is certain. The surgery was not certain at the relevant time, and after 2008-12-05 he knew it had been postponed, yet still made no searches.