Eligibility Requirements

When you file a claim for benefits for any week, you must meet these eligibility requirements:

1. Be unemployed. You can, however, meet this requirement even though you have worked during the week if you have worked less than full-time because of lack of work and earned less than your weekly benefit amount. When filing weekly claims, you must report all work performed and wages earned during the week even though you have not been paid, and you must seek full-time work.
2. Be separated through no fault of your own from your most recent bona fide employer. The most recent bona fide employer is the most recent work or employer from which you separated and earned eight (8) times your weekly benefit amount.
3. You must be able to work.
4. You must be available for full-time work. This means you must be willing and ready to take any suitable employment offered to you.
5. You must, periodically, report to the local Workforce Center as directed. If you expect to be away from your local office when scheduled to report, you must notify your local office in advance. Failure to report as directed could result in a denial of benefits.
6. The Workforce Center will make every effort to assist you in finding suitable work. However, you are required to actively seek full-time work on your own behalf in a suitable occupation, in order to remain eligible for benefits during a period of unemployment. Failure to do so may result in your being held ineligible for benefits due to unavailability.