Please do not disclose your social security number or any other information related to your unemployment insurance claim to anyone except a representative of the Department of Labor. Also, if you are filing an Unemployment Insurance claim, do not disclose your Personal Identification Number (PIN),User ID and Password for any reason.  No one from the Connecticut Department of Labor, any other agency or business should ever ask you for your PIN, User ID, and Password. Additionally, the Department of Labor does not use automated telephone calls or emails to verify your personal information. Any such communications you may receive do not originate from the Labor Department.  
  

Should anyone ask for your PIN, User ID and Password, please contact your nearest Department of Labor office to report this.  A list of offices and phone numbers is located here:  http://www.ctdol.state.ct.us/ContactInfo/ctworks-list.htm  
 

If you have already shared your PIN, User ID and Password, we strongly recommend you contact the Department of Labor Call Center to reset (change), your PIN.  In addition, you may go to our website to change your password. Your PIN and password have the same legal authority that your signature has on a paper document.  Permitting another individual to utilize your PIN, User ID and password could potentially expose you to identity theft and put your claim for unemployment compensation at risk.