Please allow enough time to complete this process. The information you provide when filing your claim is kept confidential. This confidential Unemployment Compensation UC information may be requested and utilized for other governmental purposes, including, but not limited to, verification of eligibility for other governmental programs. The Virginia Employment Commission VEC will only contact you on matters that directly concern your unemployment insurance claim.
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After you file your application for benefits, the VEC will decide whether you meet three separate requirements: 1 Monetary eligibility; 2 Separation qualification; and 3 Weekly eligibility. In order to qualify for benefits, you must have earned enough wages in covered employment during the base period.
The amount of wages you earned will determine your weekly benefit amount and the maximum number of weeks 12 to 26 weeks to which you will be entitled. Benefit computation tables are available on the VEC website. You will receive a Monetary Determination that contains your base period earnings, weekly benefit amount and the maximum number of weeks you may receive benefits. Monetary entitlement lasts one year from the effective date of your claim, or until the benefits exhaust, whichever comes first.
Review your monetary determination carefully. If you feel the wages shown for your base period are incorrect, you may call the VEC Customer Contact Center at Available am to pm, Monday - Friday. You will be asked to fax or mail proof of correct wages W-2s, pay stubs to the number or address provided by the Customer Contact Center. Be sure to keep your monetary determination because it shows your base period information. A: When you file your application for benefits through the Customer Contact Center, your wages will be discussed with you.
Regardless of how you file your application for benefits, you will be mailed a monetary determination that contains the wages you earned in covered employment during the base period.
You must have been paid a minimum specified amount in two combined quarters of your base period. A: Your monetary determination will show the amount of your weekly benefits and the number of weeks you may be eligible to receive the benefits. It also contains the benefit year ending date. Your weekly benefit amount is determined by the two quarters with highest earnings reported during the base period.
Your total wages earned and reported during the base period determine the maximum benefit amount. Once you establish a claim that reflects all earnings in covered employment during your base period, the amount you qualify for remains the same for one year and is available to you until your maximum benefit amount or your benefit year is exhausted, whichever comes first.
A: The base period is the first four of the last five completed calendar quarters prior to the effective date of your claim. The effective date of your claim is the Sunday of the week in which you file your application for benefits. The chart that follows illustrates the base period in relation to the effective date of the claim. Claimants not qualifying for benefits under the standard base period may do so under an alternate base period.
A: Claimants who did not earn sufficient wages during the first four of the last five completed calendar quarters may have earned the necessary amount in the alternate base period, the last four completed calendar quarters. The minimum qualifying amount is the same for both periods.
Claimants cannot choose which base period they wish to use. The alternate base period can only be used if the claimant cannot qualify with the standard base period. If an employer or wages are incorrect or omitted, you must provide the name and address and some evidence of your earnings such as W-2 forms or pay check stubs.
Once these wages have been validated, your weekly benefit amount will be adjusted to reflect the correct wages and you will be issued a payment to cover any amount due for the weeks of benefits that have paid. Q : May I use wages earned in other states to establish a claim?
Only those out-of-state earnings that have not been used on a prior claim will transfer to Virginia. Wages earned overseas also may be used if you worked for a U. The state where the company is headquartered is the state to which the wages are reported. A: If you drew benefits during a prior benefit year and have not performed services on 30 different days or hours for one covered employer since the beginning of that prior benefit year, you may monetarily qualify for a new benefit year, but you will not be eligible to draw those benefits until you have 30 different days or hours of covered employment and are subsequently unemployed through no fault of your own.
Even though you may have enough earnings to qualify, there are circumstances that may prevent you from receiving unemployment benefits.
If you are unemployed for any reason other than lack of work, it is necessary to gather the facts concerning your separation from employment and render a written determination regarding eligibility.
A: You give your reason for being unemployed when you file your application for benefits. This information along with a questionnaire is sent to your former employer for completion.
It will be necessary for a Deputy, sometimes referred to as a Hearings Officer, to talk with you about your separation from work.
You and your employer will be scheduled for a telephonic interview. You have the right to know and comment on any information provided by your employer.
The Deputy will make a decision whether you are qualified to receive benefits based on the facts gathered surrounding your reason for separation.
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