Unemployment Insurance benefits are paid by employer taxes. No money is deducted from your paycheck or your taxes to pay Unemployment Insurance benefits. In the state of Indiana, workers DO NOT pay any part of the cost of unemployment benefits. The amount of unemployment insurance you receive depends upon how much you earned while working. This is determined by wages paid to you during your base period. The base period is the first four of the last five completed calendar quarters preceding the filing of your claim.
A one-week waiting period is required after you file your initial claim. DO NOT wait to file your claim. File as soon as you become unemployed. You will not receive benefits for the waiting period, but you must fill out a claim voucher for your waiting period week to receive future vouchers. Your waiting period does not begin until you file.
(B.Y.E. Date)BENEFIT YEAR END DATE - Once a claim has been established you have 52 weeks to draw out a maximum of 26 weeks unemployment insurance.
What you need to provide on your first visit to file a claim:
* complete name, address, and zip code.
* your social security number (your claim will not be processed without it).
* personal identification (driver's license, photo ID, alien card).
* name, address, and telephone number of your last job.
* dates worked at your last job.
* reason for leaving your last job.
Three things determine if you qualify for benefits:
1. How much money you earned in the base period (wages) - The amount of your benefits depends on how much
money you earned while working during your base period. The base period divides the year into four quarters of
three months each.
* To file a valid claim,
** you must have earned at least $2,750.00 in the entire base period and
** at least $1,650.00 in the last two calendar quarters (six months) of your base period.
** the total wages during the base period must be at least 1.25 times greater than the wages in your highest quarter.
2. Why you are unemployed - You only qualify for Unemployment Insurance benefits if you are unemployed through
no fault of your own. If you quit or were discharged, benefits cannot be paid until a determination has been made
by the claims deputy of the Department of Workforce Development office.
3. If you are able, available, and actively seeking full-time work - Your benefits could be denied or reduced if you:
* refuse a suitable offer of work,
* fail to go to a job referral made by your local office,
* cannot show proof you are seeking employment and/or
* are temporarily not available for work due to illness or injury. Benefits can be reduced by 1/3 of your weekly benefit
amount for each day you are unavailable.
Just a Reminder:
If you do not have a definite return-to-work date and you are not a Union Member, to continue drawing your Unemployment Benefits, you will need to do the following:
You will need to make sure to do a job match in CS3, at least one time, every two weeks.
(This can be done either in our office or by accessing your file in CS3 on the Internet)
and
You will need to list three job contacts on your voucher every week.
Failure to take these steps, could
jeopardize your Unemployment Benefits!
