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Benefit Eligibility Requirements

In order to be eligible to receive benefits, a claimant must be totally or partially unemployed, able to work and available for full-time work. In order to be considered available for work, the claimant must be actively and earnestly seeking employment. A claimant may be ineligible if unemployed because of a suspension for misconduct connected with work, a stoppage of work due to a labor dispute or while the claimant is receiving other remuneration, such as vacation pay, W.A.R.N. pay, holiday pay or employer pension.

If the Division finds the claimant was discharged for misconduct connected with work, the disqualification can only be terminated if the claimant earns six times his/her weekly benefit amount in insured work after the date of discharge. If a claimant is disqualified on a subsequent discharge, the claimant shall be required to earn wages in an amount equal to or in excess of six times the claimant's weekly benefit amount for each disqualification.

A claimant may be disqualified until other employment is secured and at least 10 times the weekly benefit amount in insured work is earned if the claimant voluntarily left employment without good cause attributable to the employer or to the work. This same disqualification may apply if the claimant refused to apply for or accept suitable employment offered through the Division, designated staff of a state or state-controlled public employment office, or former employer.