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FACT SHEET:
Unemployment Compensation (UC)
During a Furlough
· Office of Human Resource is required to provide employees with a Standard Form (SF) 8 if they will be in a non-duty status for seven or more days.
o The 3-digit Federal agency code is 460 for Department of Health and Human Services.
o The address on the SF-8 should be the address for the Department of Health and Human Services Office that services you. Each OPDIV has a representative assigned to process claims.
· Furloughed employees stationed overseas are not eligible to file for UC benefits unless they return to the United States. Their UC claim would then be based on their state of residence.
o Employees who are stationed overseas may not file a retroactive claim when they return to the U.S. at the end of their tour of duty. None of the State Employment Security Agencies (SESA) would backdate a claim two years. If an UC claim was filed at that time, the claim would be effective when it was filed and not retroactive to the time of the furlough.
· Excepted employees cannot file a UC claim, since they are not unemployed. In addition, in order to receive UC benefits, an individual must be able and available to accept work. Excepted employees would not meet this requirement since they are already working.
· Employees may apply for benefits upon furlough however will not become eligible to receive benefits until they have been out of work for seven days.
· Employees must have had a certain amount of employment/wages within a base period of one year as specified in the State law.
· UC claims are not based on the state in which an individual resides, but instead on the state in which the work was performed (this does not include overseas employees). The amount of weekly benefits and the period for which benefits will be paid will generally be determined by the law of the State in which the employee had their last official duty station. (i.e., the state in which the work was performed).
· In the event a decision for returning to work after furlough would include back pay entitlements, employees could be subject to indebtedness based on SESA UC law. The decision on whether or not employees would have to pay back UC benefits would be decided by each SESA based on their UC law. Overpayment requirements apply to all employees for a particular state, regardless of their grade or salary.
· Upon return to work, employees are required to notify the local SESA, in writing, to discontinue paying benefits.
Individual states’ requirements before processing a claim for unemployment:
The Web sites listed below provide instructions for each state when filing an initial claim for unemployment; different procedures often apply when filing claims for additional benefits.
Alabama – http://dir.alabama.gov/uc/Claims/default.aspx
Alaska – http://www.labor.state.ak.us/esd_unemployment_insurance/biff-splash.htm
Arizona – https://www.azdes.gov/esa/pdf/UIB-1015APAMNA.pdf
Arkansas – http://www.accessarkansas.org/esd/WorkersUnempBenefits/pdf/PDF501_BLANK.pdf
California – https://eapply4ui.edd.ca.gov/June 2008 11
Colorado – https://wwws.coworkforce.com/ucontinuedclaims/default.asp?ci=0&ps=0&er=0&li=e
Connecticut – https://iic.ctdol.state.ct.us/
Delaware – file through personal application only. Information is at http://www.delawareworks.com/Unemployment/forms/ui_guide-ver0307.pdf
District of Columbia – https://does.dcnetworks.org/InitialClaims/
Florida – https://www2.myflorida.com/apps/uc/fluid/
Georgia – http://www.dol.state.ga.us/js/unemployment_benefits_individuals.htm
Hawaii – file by phone only, by calling 808 643-5555. Information is at http://hawaii.gov/labor/ui/pdf/STEP-BY-STEPS/claimant_process.pdf
Idaho – http://cl.idaho.gov/IW/UIClaim/Main.asp?strMenu=FILECLAIM
Illinois – http://www.ides.state.il.us/individual/certify/default.asp
Indiana – https://uplink.in.gov/CSS
Iowa – http://www.iowaworkforce.org/ui/file1.htm#1
Kansas – https://www.uibenefits.dol.ks.gov/default.asp
Kentucky – http://www.kewes.ky.gov/
Louisiana – https://laors.laworks.net/laclaims/website/
Maine – https://portalxw.bisoex.state.me.us/mics/
Maryland – electronic filing not permitted if employee worked for the Federal government in the past 18 months. File by phone at 410 949-0022 in the Baltimore area, or 1 800 827-4839 outside the Baltimore area. Information is at http://www.dllr.state.md.us/employment/ui/index.html
Massachusetts – initial claim by phone or in person only. File by phone at 1 877 626-6800 from Massachusetts, 617 626-6800 outside Massachusetts. Information is at http://www.mass.gov/?pageID=dlwdconstituent&L=2&L0=Home&L1=Claimants&sid=Edwd
Michigan – http://www.michigan.gov/uia/0,1607,7-118--77962--,00.html
Minnesota – http://www.uimn.org/ui/webclaim.htm
Mississippi – file in person only at a Mississippi Job Center. Information is at -
http://mdes.ms.gov/wps/PA_1_0_CH/docs/UnemploymentInsurance/UI-501.pdf
Missouri – https://www.ui.dolir.mo.gov/som/
Montana – https://app.mt.gov/ui4u/index
Nebraska – https://uibenefits.nwd.ne.gov/BPSWeb/jsp/BPSClaimantWelcome.jsp
Nevada – http://www.ui.nvdetr.org/UI_Agreement.html
New Hampshire – https://claims.nhes.state.nh.us/weblogic/Welcome
New Jersey – https://wnjpin.state.nj.us/cont/index.html
New Mexico – http://www.dws.state.nm.us/
New York – https://ui.labor.state.ny.us/UBC/home.do?FF_LOCALE=1
North Carolina – https://www.ncesc.com/individual/webInitialClaims/applyBegin.aspJune 2008 12
North Dakota – https://secure.apps.state.nd.us/jsnd/uiiaclaims/login.htm
Ohio – http://unemployment.ohio.gov/
Oklahoma – https://unemployment.state.ok.us/instructions.asp?x=n
Oregon – https://ssl6.emp.state.or.us/ocs4/ic/begin.cfm?u=20071204A073631B24227692.2816&lang=E
Pennsylvania – https://www.paclaims.state.pa.us/UCEN/
Puerto Rico – file by phone only, by calling 1-888-238-8889
Rhode Island – https://uiclaims.state.ri.us/RI-ICS/Intro/index.aspx?AC=yes
South Carolina – http://www.sces.org/ui/claimant/index.htm
South Dakota – https://www.state.sd.us/Applications/LD70UIbp/Secure/LD70initialClaims/MainICI.asp
Tennessee – https://www.tennesseeanytime.org/labor/uib/index.html
Texas – http://www.twc.state.tx.us/ui/uiclaim.html
Utah – http://jobs.utah.gov/ui/WebInitialCubs/Welcome.aspx
Vermont – file by phone only, by calling 1-877-214-3330. Information is at http://www.labor.vermont.gov/Unemployed/tabid/109/Default.aspx
Virginia – http://www.vec.virginia.gov/vecportal/seeker/jslogin.cfm
Virgin Islands – file in person only. Contact information is listed at http://www.vidol.gov/OP/Contact.htm
Washington – http://www.wa.gov/esd/ui/icapp/_starticappen.htm
West Virginia – http://www.wvuc.org/
Wisconsin – https://ucclaim-wi.org/InternetInitialClaims/InfoBasicRequirements.asp
Wyoming – http://wyui.doe.state.wy.us/
NOTE: Kentucky has a Web site that lists state Web sites, plus telephone numbers, for more than 40 states at: http://www.oet.ky.gov/des/ui/staterefguide.asp
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