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Claimants and Workers

Overview of the Unemployment Compensation in Connecticut

  1. Filing an Unemployment Claim
  2. Eligibility Requirements
  3. UI Claim Filing operating hours
  4. TeleBenefits - Claims Filing By Phone
  5. Temporary Layoff of Six Weeks or Less (Shutdown Form)
  6. Frequently Asked Questions (how to file, when to file, more)
  7. Connecticut's maximum Unemployment Insurance weekly benefit rate is $573 as of October 2, 2011. (how this rate is computed)
  8. Important Message Regarding Disclosure of Personal Information for Unemployment Insurance Filing
  9. Claimants' Guide To Unemployment Insurance (PDF, 788KB)

Unemployment Insurance Extensions

  1. Unemployment Insurance Benefit Extensions Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
    1. Form EB-230M: Report of Work-Seeking Activities (WORD, 81KB)
    2. Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC) Work Search NEW! Form EUC-230
  2. Important Message for claimants who will soon exhaust state and federal unemployment benefits

Appeals

  1. Unemployment Insurance Appeals - guide to the appeals process, FAQ's, Internet appeals filing, board decisions, statutes & regulations, on-line hearing docket, and more...

Overpayments (fraud)

  1. Overpayment and Fraud Reporting of UI Benefits

Other Useful Information

  1. Access Your UC-1099G Tax Form On-Line
     
  2. United Way 211 offers resources to assist workers in transition!
     
    1. Where To Turn in Connecticut When You Become Unemployed - provides information on state, federal and local resources to help people who are unemployed and looking for work.
       
  3. Form UC-246 Approved Training Questionnaire (WORD, 76KB)  en español (WORD, 81KB)
  4. Rapid Response Information Packet
  5. Quality Control Brochure for Claimants (PDF, 64KB)
  6. You may be eligible for federal tax credits, including the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC). Click here for more information
  7. UI Substantive Regulations
  8. Click here for more information about the Charter Oak Health Plan

Employers

Overview of the Unemployment Compensation in Connecticut

  1. Employer's Guide to Unemployment Compensation (PDF, 111KB)
  2. Frequently Asked Questions
  3. Temporary Layoff of Six Weeks or Less
  4. Unemployment Separation Packet / Filing For Unemployment Benefits Brochures
  5. Unemployment Insurance Tax Information - provides and accounts for the funding needed to pay U.I. benefits
  6. Shared Work Program  - as alternate to layoffs:  select group of workers to share reduced hours & collect partial benefits.
  7. Rapid Response Information Packet
  8. Interpretation of Unemployment and Labor Laws (Speakers' Bureau) - legal staff is available to provide information to worker and employer groups on interpretation of U.I. and other workplace laws and regulations.

Appeals

  1. Unemployment Insurance Appeals - guide to the appeals process, FAQ's, Internet appeals filing, board decisions, statutes & regulations, on-line hearing docket, and more...

Overpayments (fraud)

  1. Overpayment and Fraud Reporting of UI Benefits

Other Important Information

  1. Rapid Reemployment Initiative

  2. Quality Control Brochure for Employers (PDF, 64KB)

  3. UI Substantive Regulations
 

NOTE: There are websites that offer to help individuals file for unemployment benefits and assist in the receipt of benefits. The Connecticut Department of Labor is not associated with these websites and cannot attest to the accuracy of the information contained within them. The Connecticut Department of Labor does not endorse and is not affiliated with any website that offers to assist individuals in the filing for or receipt of benefits.


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