Managing Agency U. Department of Labor. Check if you may be eligible for this benefit. Expand Quick Info Section. Financial Assistance. What is North Carolina Unemployment Insurance? Who is eligible for North Carolina Unemployment Insurance?
To be eligible for this benefit program, you must a resident of North Carolina and meet all of the following: Unemployed, and Worked in North Carolina during the past 12 months this period may be longer in some cases , and Earned a minimum amount of wages determined by North Carolina guidelines, and Actively seeking work each week you are collecting benefits.
How can I contact someone? Receive an email when this benefit page is updated:. Other Benefits People Viewed. Unemployment Insurance. North Carolina Work First. Capital Construction Fund Program. It is possible to be eligible and disqualified for benefits.
It is also possible to be ineligible and qualified for benefits. You must be both qualified and eligible to receive benefits. Whenever an issue is discovered, benefit payments may be interrupted until the issue is resolved.
There are three possible resolutions to an issue:. If you have an issue on your UI claim, while awaiting a resolution, you should continue to file your weekly certifications. When a new claim is filed, your last employer is the last employer for whom you worked in covered employment employment subject to UI tax for an indefinite period, or for more than 30 days before your separation, regardless of whether work was performed each day.
Your base period employer is any covered employer employer subject to UI tax who reported wages for you during the base period of your claim. All base period employers are potentially responsible for a proportional share of charges based on the percentage of benefits reported for you during your base period.
Your waiting period week is the first eligible week for benefits under each claim filed. You must serve a waiting period week for each claim filed.
You will never receive payment for this first week, but it must be claimed to be counted. It does not mean you should wait a week before filing a UI claim. Wages are cash or any medium other than cash paid by an employer to, or on behalf of an employee for services rendered. Your earning allowance is the amount of money you can earn without reducing your weekly benefit amount.
Earnings over this amount are deducted dollar-for-dollar from your weekly benefits. You must always report your gross earnings for any work performed during any week you claim benefits. You should apply for benefits in the state where your base period wages were reported.
If you have base period wages in multiple states, you may choose the state in which you file for benefits. If you work part-time, you must report the gross before taxes earnings for the weeks that you worked, and you must maintain your eligibility requirements.
If your only employment was part-time and you have been separated, you may be eligible to receive benefits. Contact a DES claims representative at so that a determination can be made. You can collect benefits while working in certain limited circumstances.
This is generally found in G. An employer may file an attached claim only if the employer has a positive balance in its UI account. After this happens, there are other restrictions with which the employer must comply:.
Any wages used to establish eligibility for UI benefits must be earned in employment that is covered by the Employment Security Law. This means that the employer must be subject to UI tax. This form also shows your weekly benefit amount, duration, and effective date of your claim.
If monetary eligibility is not established, the reason is shown on this form. Separation payment is any payment that was made, is being made, or will be made to you as a result of separation from last employment. Separation pay may be in the form of:. Any worker who receives severance pay is considered to be attached to that employer's payroll during that time and not eligible for UI benefits. If you live in North Carolina, but do not have wages in North Carolina, you can file an interstate claim in the state where you have wages.
You must contact the agency responsible for UI claims in that state and follow its instructions for filing your claim.
If you have no wages in the state where you live, but have qualifying wages in North Carolina, you may file an interstate claim in North Carolina. You can file your claim online on the DES website, or by telephone at If you have returned to work full-time, you should immediately stop filing for UI benefits and let DES know that you have returned to work. You may contact DES by email at des.
You can receive between 12 and 20 weeks of regular unemployment benefits in North Carolina. The actual number of weeks you receive depends on the seasonally adjusted statewide unemployment rate. Your weekly benefit amount is the amount of money you may receive each week. This is calculated by dividing your total of wages in the last two quarters by That number is then rounded to the next lower whole dollar.
The exact amount of benefits and the length of time that you may get benefits cannot be determined until you actually file your claim for benefits. Your weekly benefit amount is based on the last two completed quarters in your base period divided by 52 and rounded down to the next whole dollar.
The seasonally adjusted statewide unemployment rate used to determine the maximum number of weeks that you may get benefits is calculated on January 1 and July 1. Military service may be used to establish your claim if that service occurred during your base period. Military wage credits are assigned to the state where the military claimant files a "first" claim.
These wage credits may be combined with wage credits from other base period work to establish a claim and pay benefits. If you work for the school system, you are generally not eligible for UI benefits during non-school periods, as long as you are attached to the school system. In order to qualify for benefits, you must be able to work. You are not able to work during any week that you are receiving or applying for benefits under any other state or federal law based on your temporary total or permanent total disability.
In order to qualify for benefits, you must be able and available to work. Generally, you are not eligible for benefits during a leave of absence from your job. In order to be eligible for benefits, you must be unemployed through no fault of your own, be actively seeking work, and be able and available to accept work if it is offered to you. In limited circumstances, an exception may apply to the general rule.
DES will make a determination in each case. If you are not a citizen or national of the United States, you must have legal authority to work in the U. You must present either:. You are disqualified from receiving unemployment benefits during an active labor dispute.
You are not qualified for unemployment benefits when your partial or total unemployment is due to:. Monetary eligibility simply means that you have worked and earned enough wages within your base period to meet the requirements for establishing a claim. You must have filed a valid claim and met the requirements for eligibility and qualification to receive benefits. A determination of qualification for benefits based on any consideration that is not monetary is a nonmonetary determination.
File for Unemployment Insurance. Please find answers to common questions you may have by visiting this page at our Employment Security website , which is the actual website where you will apply for unemployment insurance benefits money online. This page on the Employment Security website tells you what information you should have on hand, as you begin the application process. We'll thank you now for your patience, if you end up having to wait to for an answer from our telephone call center or find the application website slow.
Due to the unusually high number of people trying to apply right now, the application process may take a little longer than normal times. In this program, local staff provide the following services: Information on careers and the labor market An assessment and an eligibility review Help with developing a reemployment plan Referrals to at least two reemployment-related services, such as workshops or training opportunities An orientation to reemployment services Enrollment in the program can last up to 10 weeks.
Employability Assessment Interview The Employability Assessment Interview provides you with concentrated reemployment services, with the exception of individuals who are exempt—longshoremen, interstate claimants, and individuals who have found employment—or who were already selected for the Reemployment Services and Eligibility Assessment see above for details.
In this program, local staff provide you the following services: Assistance with developing an individualized employability plan Referrals to job-training services, such as workshops and training opportunities Help with registering for NCWorks Online A review of your efforts to find work Orientation of reemployment services If you do not report for your scheduled appointment, then your benefits may be affected.
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