State Unemployment

State Unemployment Unemployment benefits have been heavily used by many Americans since 2008.  Rising unemployment numbers combined with lower paid wages has equaled an unprecedented demand on unemployment insurance for people across a variety of backgrounds, education levels and family sizes.  Recently a state of panic has set in for many unemployment insurance recipients as [...]

Unemployment Extension 2012

Unemployment Extension 2012 Since late 2008 millions of Americans have suffered through the worst recession the United States has suffered since the Great Depression.  In an attempt to revitalize the poor economic status of the country, Congress and President Barack Obama passed the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act of 2009.  This “Stimulus” bill and other [...]

Unemployment Claims

Unemployment Claims The unemployment insurance program was created during the Great Depression. The purpose of the program must provide temporary financial assistance to individuals and their families when they innocently lost their job and, therefore, were struggling to pay bills and put food on the table while the household breadwinner attempted to find new employment. [...]

Work One Unemployment

Work One Unemployment Work One is the State of Indiana’s primary portal to file for unemployment benefits if you are a resident of that state.  The Work One unemployment benefits website is overseen and maintained by the Indiana Department of Workforce Development.  Their goal is to help you receive Indiana unemployment benefits (if you meet [...]

Unemployment Benefits

Unemployment Benefits State and federal unemployment benefits are available to individuals who are out of work or are suffering from underemployment. Unemployment compensation is managed by each individual state and is overseen in general by the United States government. In other words, there is unemployment insurance partnership between the state governments and the federal government. [...]

Unemployment Benefits

Unemployment Benefits As the economic recovery the United States has been prolonged and unemployment rates throughout the country of remained historically high the demand for unemployment benefits (sometimes erroneously known as “employment insurance”) has increased significantly. Unfortunately, the laws and regulations relating to these benefits can be difficult understand there are many misunderstandings about how [...]

What Is Unemployment Insurance?

What Is Unemployment Insurance? Unemployment insurance benefits are a temporary means of providing financial assistance to individuals and households who have experienced of job loss or not able to work enough hours each week to put food on the table, pay for bills, and otherwise meet normal monthly expenses. Unemployment benefits programs are administered jointly [...]

Unemployment Insurance

Unemployment Insurance Both state governments and the United States federal governments offer unemployment insurance benefits. Unemployment insurance (“UI”) payments are available to individuals who are forced to work reduced hours or have lost their job through no fault of their own. The job loss can be due to any number of reasons, including broad layoffs, [...]

Unemployment Claim Weeks

Unemployment Claim Weeks Because of several different legislative changes by the United States Congress throughout the past couple of years there is a lot of confusion as to how many unemployment claim weeks an individual can receive unemployment benefits for.  There is also a lot of misunderstanding on how the state unemployment offices interact with [...]

Extended Unemployment Benefits

Extended Unemployment Benefits For the past several years, the popularity of unemployment benefits and extended unemployment benefits has soared along with the national unemployment rate in the Untied States.  Due largely in part to the passage of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (“ARRA”), individuals have had the opportunity to receive up to [...]