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Unemployment Help > Considerations Before Applying for Unemployment
Considerations Before Applying for Unemployment
If you are thinking about collecting unemployment
while you are still looking for job, you can definitely avail of your
rights, provided that you are qualified for these benefits. As mandated
by the law, every American state has imposed funding on collecting
unemployment insurance benefits from employers, which will be given to
qualified workers who are currently out of jobs. If you meet the
following criteria, you can file for an unemployment insurance
compensation in your own employment insurance office:
You must have been able to serve a legal employer for
at least 52 weeks, included in this provision is additional requirement
on the grounds of your dismissal from your previous job, which states
that you must not be discharged from your duties due to misconduct or
other grave reasons that you have been proven liable to your employer.
Also, you must be currently looking for a job, the details of which
shall be provided to your employment insurance agency upon claiming your
weekly benefits if your petition has been approved.
Upon application, you will be asked to present
important details and documents such as the previous employers that you
have rendered service to, including the complete number of hours and the
amount of wages that you have acquired for each company that you have
worked for. You will also be required to present your fully accomplished
income tax records. Also, if you have accepted any form of part-time job
during your period of unemployment, you must indicate the number of
hours and amount of pay that you have earned for the service.
Aside from getting a percentage of your actual pay in
a weekly basis, for a maximum period of 26 weeks, your siblings and
immediate family members that you are financially supporting can also be
eligible for your unemployment benefits, such as a minimum of $25 per
child for one week, which could rise as much as half the total weekly
compensation that you have acquired in your previous job. This
provision, however, depends on the state, which you are located. Also,
it is very important to accurately indicate the ages and important
details of your spouse and siblings in order to avoid any further delay
on the process of your application.
If you are having trouble looking for a job, you do
not have to worry anymore because once you have started collecting
unemployment insurance, your name will be registered to the entire
employment agencies in your area, which means that you can avail of
greater job opportunities. If you ran short of your weekly quota of
providing at least 3 potential job employers, you can also indicate the
reason for this condition, under which the provision on the event of
high unemployment will also be applicable.
Under these unemployment benefits, you must take job
hunting seriously, or else you and your family will be disqualified from
collecting your weekly compensations. If you have stopped searching for
a job, or have intentionally declined a valid job offer as mandated by
the law, you will no longer be receiving any of these weekly
unemployment benefits.
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