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Unemployment Help > Tips on How to Claim Unemployment Benefits
Tips on How to Claim Unemployment Benefits
If you have been unemployed for too grave a reason,
claiming unemployment insurance benefits may be the best option to take
care of your financial dilemmas. In the US, almost every state has
complied with the provision on collecting unemployment taxes from the
employers in order to fund this government's effort to provide instant
financial assistance to unemployed workers for a maximum of 52 weeks.
Recently, this provision has also been extended by President Bush for up
to 7 weeks, which is the latest law on unemployment insurance
compensation that has already been executed to most US states.
In order to claim your 26-week compensation, you need
to qualify for the following criteria:
First, you should have served a legal
employer, as mandated by the law of the United States, for at least 52
weeks, and have done so for at least once in every week of the said
duration.
Second, you must prove that you are currently
in your best effort to look for a job, where a corresponding document
should support your claim, which is basically the name and details of
the potential job opportunities that you are currently considering.
Third, it is also expected that you have not
left your previous job at strong will that is entirely not related to
any work violations that could be rendered a valid reason for
resignation in any legal cases.
Fourth, you must not be discharged from your
previous job under the grounds of misconduct, or any grave reason that
the employer has forced to release your from your duties.
Granted that you have complied with all of the above
qualifications, the following application requirements are also
necessary in processing your claims:
-Social Security Identification for verification
-Complete contact details of the previous
employers that you have worked for and the total number of hours for
each
-A comprehensive record of all the
collected wages, which also includes vacation pay, etc.
-Records of any temporary jobs that you have
accepted while you are unemployed
-Names and birthdates of your siblings, in
order to verify if your claim can be extended to your immediate family
as well
After you have submitted these requirements to your
nearest employment insurance office, you will be assigned a call day
wherein your application details will be verified from you. Upon
getting an approval, you will be asked to wait for one week at the most,
in order to completely process your requirements and claims,
respectively. This entire duration will also be necessary in order to
register your name and details to the nearest employment service
agencies where you can possibly look for a job.
As stated in the law, it is very important that a
claimant pursues his job search in order to constantly avail of these
benefits at the specified time. The government shall also remind him
that in keeping these benefits, he must ensure that he is actively
looking for a job, and must not reject any reasonable job offer unless
this has been qualified under special cases with which the worker can
turn down a job opportunity and still keep his unemployment insurance
benefits at the time.
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