Contact U. Bank for questions about the U. You may also select the option of direct deposit to have your benefit payments deposited directly into your checking or savings account. The card does not expire for three years, so please do not destroy the card when your unemployment insurance ends as you will use this same card should you receive unemployment insurance in the future. A Contact U. Bank if there are any issues with the U.
You must contact U. Bank to order a replacement card or to report a lost or stolen card. Address or name changes should be reported to IWD. Q How can I have federal and state income tax withheld? A You may elect to have federal and state tax withholdings when filing your initial claim.
You can start, stop, or change your income tax withholding completing the Tax Withholding Agreement form found in the Unemployment Insurance Handbook. Q When will you mail my G so I can do my taxes?
A No later than January 31, you will be mailed an IRS Form G showing the total benefits paid to you for the prior year and the federal and state income taxes withheld. It will be sent to your last known address, so keep your address current with Iowa Workforce Development. How do I retrieve this information? You can also call UI Customer Service at between 8 a. Q What if I don't have a computer? Can I still file a claim? In addition, if you have a smart phone, the ongoing claims filing tool is mobile friendly.
You may email us at uiclaimshelp iwd. Q How long do I need to work in order to qualify for benefits? A To be eligible, you must have worked and earned a certain amount of wages in work covered by unemployment insurance in the last 15 to 18 months.
A A fact finding is used to resolve questions regarding eligibility for unemployment insurance benefits. Your claim may be referred to a fact finder if there are questions about why you left your job or whether you are able and available for work. Other issues may also prompt a claim to be referred to a fact finder. During the fact finding, you and the employer will be asked a series of questions. Q I was fired from my job. Will I be eligible? A It depends on why you were fired from your job.
Claims are automatically protested if you indicate you were fired. A It depends on why you quit your job. Claims are automatically protested if you indicate you quit your job. Q I refused a job offer. Will I be eligible to continue to receive unemployment insurance benefits? A It depends on the wages for the job you refused. The wage requirement to determine if work is suitable is calculated using the wages earned in the high quarter of the base period.
The high base period quarter is divided by 13 the number of weeks in a quarter to calculate the average weekly wage AWW. A job offer may be considered suitable if the offered wages are at or above the following percentages of the AWW:. Q What if I'm sick or injured and cannot work? A You must be able to work four or more days of the week in order to be eligible for unemployment insurance benefits.
If sickness or injury would prevent you from working four or more days, benefits will be denied. A To receive unemployment benefits, you must be completely separated from your employer or working reduced hours.
A leave of absence is not a complete separation from employment. Q What if I am not available to accept work because I'm taking care of a family member? A You must be available four or more days of the week to accept immediate employment.
You are not considered able and available if circumstances, such as lack of transportation or childcare problems, would prevent you from working four or more days of the benefit week. Q What if I'm a school employee on a scheduled summer break?
Q I received a notice to report for re-employment services. Do I have to go? A If you receive a notice that you have been selected to receive re-employment services, you are required to take part in this program. If you do not, you may be disqualified from benefits. Q Can individuals who are not U.
To receive unemployment benefits, non-citizen applicants must establish that they were in satisfactory immigration status and authorized to work in the United States when earning the wages used to establish their claim. Non-citizen applicants will be required to provide specific information from their employment authorization documents issued to them by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services USCIS.
In some cases, non-citizen applicants will be asked to provide legible copies of their employment authorization documents. Iowa Workforce Development verifies immigration status and work authorization through an electronic system maintained by the Department of Homeland Security.
It's crucial you stop certifying for unemployment according to the first day you're back to work, not when you start receiving a paycheck from your employer. For example, if you're recalled to work on July 1 but won't be paid until July 15, you still must stop your unemployment benefit as of July 1.
If you take up a part-time job or get recalled with reduced hours, you may want to continue filing your weekly unemployment claim. You can earn, through other work, up to a certain amount of your unemployment benefit until your payment begins to decrease. States have their own way of calculating partial unemployment.
In Texas , for example, you'll subtract whatever you earned working from 1. As your earnings go up, your unemployment benefit decreases until it reaches a point where you're no longer eligible for assistance that week. However, even if you don't qualify one week, you can continue to certify the weeks where your earnings are reduced and you do qualify for full or partial unemployment. You have 52 weeks from the time you qualify for unemployment, considered a "benefit year," to exhaust your benefits, and you don't have to apply for aid on consecutive weeks.
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