More than half of unemployed workers do not claim unemployment benefits because either they think filing for unemployment is a complex process or they may not qualify for the benefits. Contrary to the popular belief, many people do qualify for benefits and state unemployment offices have reduced the amount of necessary paperwork over a period of time. This article will explain the eligibility criteria for filing unemployment benefits. ©FEMP9
The eligibility criteria varies depending on the state where you file for unemployment benefits. However the following general guidelines will help you determine overall eligibility.
Voluntary Separation Were you fired by your employer or lost your job because of misconduct or due to disciplinary action? If so, you may not qualify. However, that is not the end of the road. You may be still eligible provided you meet certain special conditions such as hazardous or inhuman working conditions. Contact your state unemployment office to learn more about this clause, or possibly hire an attorney if it makes financial sense.
Severance Packages If you have received severance package from your previous job separation, you are not likely to qualify for the benefits
Ability to workYou must be willing and able to work and must be actively seeking for jobs. If you are physically unfit due to medical reasons, UI benefits do not provide coverage and you should pursue disability insurance instead. Attending full-time college programs may also disqualify you from claiming benefits unless you can prove that you are actively seeking work and willing to quit school if you get full time job.
Wage Credits You must have earned wages during unemployment base period prior to filing the initial claim for unemployment benefits. Base period and prior earnings eligibility varies across states. Some states require that your salary in the base period be high enough to pay all your basic expenses.
Authorization to work in United States Only those who have unexpired work permit or authorization documents to work in United States can claim for unemployment benefits. Certain work visas require that you find a new job in the same field within 30 days of becoming unemployed. Since the unemployment filing process may take more than 30 days, such applicants will not be able to claim benefits.
Where to apply for unemployment if I you worked in multiple states or living in a state different from where you worked?
According to dept. of labor, if you worked in a state other than the one where you now live or if you worked in multiple states, the state UI agency where you now live is where you file your claims. They will check with other states and process your claim.
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Good afternoon,
I was working in Iraq as for a company based in the us unfortunately in August i was diagnosed with cancer and had to come back to the states for treatment. Thank god i am a cancer free after extensive treatments. My questions are: the company didn’t offer short or long term disabilities. I haven’t had any income for almost six months. After i was cleared to go back to work but the company said that i am not going back, basically an other way of saying you are fired. What kind of benefit am i entitled to under north carolina laws?( I am a resident of Florida but the company is based in N.C.).
Thanks for your help.
Charif
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I am being laid off from a job I have held for 4.5 years effective June 30. I will collect 4 weeks of severance.
Am I eligible for NJ unemployment after the severance period?
Thanks for the help.
Susan
My husband was transferred to another state(TX) from NY. I cannot find work in Texas since I am a teacher and they are laying off and not hiring. I have been on 4 interviews and it is dismal. Am I elgible for benefits from NYS?
My husdand is being transferred to OH. from OR. I will be have to quit my job and find another in OH. will I be elgible for benefits from OR. ?
I have applied for unemployment in Nov and was denied and I filed an appeal , I just got a job 2 days ago came home and finely recieved court date in 2 weeks . if I report my job will they deny my claim?
I have a friend that I work with who has been here for 5 years working 40 hours per week. The company has decided we no longer need 3 in this department and are cutting her position. They are offering her part time at 16 hours per week in another area. If she declines will she still be eligible for unemployment? We are in Indiana.
My wife was transferred to another state(IL) from MD. I cannot find work in Illinois since I am a Food service and they are not hiring. I have been on several interviews and it is dismal. Am I eligible for benefits? And what state do I apply?
Hey, Charles Bloomer. I know this may be late but I have an answer for you. Although this may sound weird, you must apply to the state you had previously worked. This is because unemployment benefits acrue as part of your taxes. It takes the wages of your previous job over the last year and gives you the benefits of your ‘highest quarter’. Keep in mind you are very likely to be denied benefits from a state that you have never worked in before because they have never collected taxes from you before… Think of it this way: Your new state has received no money from you, so they have no money to give you. File with your previous state (IL).
Question: I have worked for the same company for over 17 years and we have paid unemployment compensation benefits on me for all of these years. I have turned 65 and am currently drawing Social Security. I have continued to work and plan to continue to work. Due to the the financial crunch in the construction industry the company I work for may be forced to downsize for even close its doors. Would I be eligible to draw enemployment compensation if I am layed off.
I am currently recieving permanent partialdisability payments, am i eligable to recieve unemployment benefits because i can not perform my day to day work and my employer had to let me go because of this?
I have had 2 part time jobs in the past 10 months and worked for 6.5 months of the last year. Do I qualify for unemployment if I had two separate jobs? I worked about 3.25 months per job. I did make the minimum amount to qualify but it was two separate jobs.
I was on unemployment from april 2010- october 2010. I started work at macy’s from november to the present and my sales are getting pretty low. if my sales are low for a certain period of time they are going to fire me. will I be eligible for unemployment benefits if they fire me for my sales?
I am in the process of getting unemployment I worked for a college, would the unemployment office get in touch with the president or would they contact my supervisor? I feel that incorrect information would be stated from my supervisor but the president was the one to give me my notice.
I have been notified by the State of Alasaka, I am now eligible for regular unemployment benefits from the State of Colorado and that Alaska has notified Colorado to ‘backdate’ my claim to May 8th, since that is when I’d filed for the AK benefits I was getting. I do not know if I would file a ‘new claim’ in CO or if CO already has the needed info. When I start to complete CO info, when I list the last employer’s Alaska address,,,I’m told I have to apply in AK. Help ! I’ve applied and have received AK benefits, but they are now ‘used up’. The notice I got from AK, was that I was eligible for EB benefits and then another saying I was eligible for CO benefits ! Don’t know where/how to apply… Please advise. Thank you.
Regards,
Linda Fitzgerald
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I work for a company as an office manager but not on payroll paid as a contractor and recieve 1099 forms at end of year. I have been there for over a year and a half and was just told that business is slow and I am no longer needed, since I’m not an empoyee can I still collect unemployment. To make matters worse, before I started this job I was collecting unemployement, when laid off from my last job. I have been submitting applications but no bites. My last day is friday and I’m completely freaked out. please let me know if there is any sign of help!!!
I worked at a factory for 20 years and they are closing the doors. I left in March 30 filed for unemployment for a week and took a job in Mental health.I had 6 weeks of class room and 1 week on the floor.I had to work in one of the higher functioning homes and staff get hurt at them homes. I went to the unemployment office a week before class was out and talked to the lady in charge and asked her if I quit, can I go back on unemployment. She said yes, because I never worked in this field before and I did not make it through my probation period. I had to go the following week because I made to much that week. I got papers in the mail 2 weeks later saying I have a phone interview to determine weather I get unemployment or not. If I would have know there might be a question weather I could get unemployment or not ,I would have stayed there till I found another job. So what do I do if I do not get unemployment? Go back and talk to Lisa and make her fix it since she told me I would have no problem.
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Twenty years ago I applyed for Umployment Benefits and was eligible for benefits, and later it was determine that an error occurred in 1983. They informed me that there have been a mistake and that I would have to pay back the overpayment error that was made by the state.
I recently filed for unemployment in New Jersey. Mine, and my husbands vehicles were repossed, and I took a personal leave for 30days using my vacation time so some of it would be paid. at the time my employer stated that they could not hold my position after the 30days and wanted a letter of resignation on file if i did not return. my husband could not get his pension loan thru his employer, leaving me to have to quit my job, which i explained to my former employer. but i never wrote the letter of resignation that they requested. I have my phone interview next week and was wondering what to expect and if I qualify.
I am a bartender/ server/ assistant manager at a sports bar in kansas. In the last 6 months my job has suffered alot of equipment failure that the corperation is refusing to fix. These failures include but are not limited to the walk in cooler, our kitchen freezer, and the ice machine closest to our bar. The bar cooler that keeps our beer cold stays at 50 degrees or warmer because the door is barely hanging on and doesnt seal properly. we have to store any beer that we want to keep cold in the keg cooler. therefore, the kegs are stacked, and squeezed. making changing a keg a dangerous event. we have had to move our kitchen to the banquets kitchen which is 100 feet down the hall. 200 feet from the bar. food takes an ungodly amount of time due to this. also the air counditioning in the bar went out 6 weeks ago. 2 weeks ago they finally fixed one of 3 units that are needed to cool the bar. At the lowest the bar only cools to 80 degrees. they have no plan to fix the additional units.
I have not quit my job yet. If i do would i be eligible for benefits on under these circumstances? please help! i feel like i am on the titanic and i need a life boat.
I had two jobs and I quit one of them 2 months ago but now I am being laid off my current job, am I eligible for unemployment?
Please help,
Sincerely
Levi of California
Hi,
I moved from IL to TX and not able to find a job in Texas. I was not fire/layoff from my old job but I choose to leave my company reason i would like to stay in Texas. Am I eligible to file unemployment benefits in TX/IL state.
Please advice,
Thanks
Hi, I work , worked in a florist for 6mths. My boss was always being verbally abusive and she would use toxic spray paint in the store without ventilation. I would feel sick and dizzy and at times could have a headache for a couple of days. What are my rights on this matter?
Thank’s Bridge
I live in Texas and working 2 part time jobs. For the past 9 months one of my jobs was giving me full time hours + overtime. Just recently my hours were decreased down to 22 hours a week. Do i qualify for unemployment benefits?
do you have to report VA disability compensation on the Missouri unemployment weekly claim?
Does a recipient of unemployment benefits compromise their eligibility if they attend college?
I have worked for a my company for 29 years they are in the process of some major changes and have offered all eliglible workers an early retirement do to these changes. Would I be eliglble for unemployment as I am only 57
I know (and was happy for) someone wh0 got a job with a union. Sadly, the very good circumstances now seems undeserved. This person worked just long enough to file for unemployment benefits when laid off from work, which I thought was fine until they continually passed up job opportunities for a variety of reasons. They filed numerous extensions to the unemployment; and when it actually ran out, they accepted a job from the union job line the very same week. Now, they have worked, I believe, three weeks and have begun the unemployment process again because of another layoff.
My question is, “How long is one allowed to use the system in this way?” Is it possible this person is volunteering for layoffs? If I am not mistaken, I think they said they are in “tier four” of unemployment with the union. This phrase caught my attention, but means nothing to me. Still, I am curious.
my brother is in texas and just begin collecting social security is he qualify for unemployment insurance?
Husband has been offered a better job with his current employer but in a different state
I work in Kansas if I leave to follow him , do I qualify for unemployment ?
What would the pay be for all quarters worked ?
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I have been working for Hanover hospital for three years. I was hired as part time 20 hrs a week. I was waitressing to make extra money but was fired. I have been denied a full time Position with Hanover hospital due to attendance issues. Can I collect unemployment to help me pay my bills? I do not want to leave the hospital and am having a hard time finding a second job. I work 20hrs a week at 11.50/hr. I pick up extra shifts when I can but there are not many extra shifts that I am able to work with my current schedule.
I was denied unemployment because I got a traffic ticket, EDD consider this unvoluntery quit. Do anyone know a way to win an appeal on this. I wasn’t driving on company time or vehicle at the time
I actually have a question!
I live in Ohio. I am 68 years old. I do receive Social Security.
I was recently fired (let go-downsizing) from a job where I worked only 16 weeks or
four months. Am I eligible to receive unemployment benefits? What exactly is the number of weeks worked that qualify me foor benefits?
CAN ANYBODY PLEASE GIVE ME AN ANSWER???
Thankx—–Eddie
Please help: Someone worked in California on W-2 full time job for 4 years and then got unemployment benfits for 60 weeks after getting laid off….then that person claimed unemployment for first 3 weeks in california while working on 1099 (which was from another state) due to confusion as 1099 payment never came for 6 weeks, then that person worked 2 more months on 1099(no UI benefits claimed during these months)…then gets an offer of unemployment extension from EDD (may be will get 13 weeks max extension this time,as this is the lat extension) after finally losing 1099 job also recently….can that person still qualify for unemployment in california since there is really NO job now? Should this person now report 1099 income of last 3 months on UI claim ? I mean just declare all income of 3 months in 2 week time period somehow, so that all income is declared and unemployment extension can be obtained ? This person is struggling to survive for last 18 months. Please let me know. Thanks
my wife put in her 2 weeks notice in july and quit have her job in wisconsin we know that she could not get unemployment because she quit but we move to texas and she started a new job in november and worked there for a little over 2 months through a staffing agency but was let go.In wisconsin if you quit a job and get another job but get laid off or let go you can’t receive benefits,but since the new job was in texas is she still eligible here in texas or in wisconsin or not at all?
sorry that was supposed to be you CAN receive benefits if you quit a job and start another one but get let go from the new one.
I filed for unemployment on 10/23/11 and was denied. I reopened/appealed the decision on 11/21/11 in which I was now eligible. My payments began 11/20/11. Would I be able to get the 4 weeks previous from when my original claim was filed? I filed in CA
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