How To File For Unemployment Insurance In Indiana Due To Covid-19
The Indiana Department of Workforce Development (DWD) is reminding Hoosiers that applying for unemployment insurance benefits is completed electronically. Hoosiers can apply on a computer or smart phone.
For more information on unemployment insurance, visit Unemployment.IN.gov. There, Hoosiers can find the Claimant Handbook, Frequently Asked Questions, a link to online filing and more information. Please visit this site frequently with updated information.
Here are the most frequently asked questions related to COVID-19 work related issues.
Q1: If an employer temporarily lays off employees due to the loss of production, lack of demand for their products/services or out of precaution caused by COVID-19, will the employees be eligible for unemployment insurance benefits?
A1: Indiana unemployment benefits are available to any individual who is unemployed through no fault of his/her own. If an employer must lay off employees due to the loss of production caused by the coronavirus, individuals may be eligible for unemployment benefits if they meet the monetary criteria and the weekly eligibility criteria. Employees must stay in contact with their employer and be available to work when called back.
Q2: If I received a letter to attend an in-person Reemployment Services & Eligibility Assessment (RESEA) program session at my local WorkOne for the weeks of March 16 or March 23, 2020, do I have to attend?
A2: No. The previously scheduled in-person meetings for the week of March 16 and March 23, 2020, are suspended. UI Claimants who received a letter to attend should receive communication from their local WorkOne that those meetings are suspended. If you have questions regarding attendance, please contact your local WorkOne.
Q3: Will DWD schedule future in-person Reemployment Services & Eligibility Assessment (RESEA) program sessions at WorkOne centers?
A3: DWD will not be scheduling new RESEA in-person meetings until further notice but will be working to implement virtual services. UI Claimants who are required to participate in virtual services will be contacted.
Q4. How much is an individual entitled to receive in unemployment benefits?
A4: To determine an individual’s weekly payment, divide the total wages earned in the four quarters (12 months) prior to the last quarter the individual worked by 52. Then multiply the sum by 0.47. For example, if the individual earned a total of $30,000 in the four quarters prior to the last quarter worked: $30,000 ÷ 52 = $576.92 x 0.47 = $271 (weekly benefit amount). The weekly benefit amount should be rounded down to the next whole dollar amount and will not exceed $390.
Q5: When will an individual receive his/her first unemployment insurance payment?
A5: An individual should receive his/her first payment within three weeks if there are no issues on the claim for benefits. There is a one week waiting period for payment of unemployment insurance. This means that benefits are not paid for the first week of eligibility. Individuals must still file a voucher for that week.
Is a layoff and a furlough due to the coronavirus the same thing?
What if your employment had gone from full time to part time?
Most times self employed are not covered by UI because they do not pay into UI each week. UI is something an employer pays into.
most who work for themselves do not pay the state.
What if you are on disability for medical issues can you get unemployment
What about self employed cosmetologist. I do booth rent. I support 3 families. Both our elderly mothers and our home
From what I’ve read in HR – 6201. It has a provision that suspends the week waiting period for virus related unemployment.
I am 66 years old. I work in grocery retsil. Can i draw unemployment benefits because i choose not to go to work at this time?
Would filing for unemployment disqualify you from receiving possible future relief aid that becomes available?
If they decide to shut down your department for one month try sending you to a different town a different hours to work and you decide to take voluntary layoff because of the hours being totally different and location can you still get unemployment
I’ve been quarantined to my home for two weeks because I was exposed to somebody who has the coronavirus and is now in the hospital in the dying from It am I able to apply
I’m a substitute teacher, And I have the same questions?
Yes- I believe there’s a line item that states due to being quarantined due to Covid19.
With virus related layoffs already in place in wayne county’s public school systems. How do teachers, paras, and bus drivers that were told at the beginning of employment they CANNOT collect unemployment benefits during any periods of lay off, collect this opportunity of financial relief without breaking the employer’s stipulation.
Good ? Let me know when you find something out
What do i do if they denied me i was work at casino full time through temp agency and there no work available at all
If your current job position closes down but they offer you another position on another shift that you know that you cannot work because of illnesses and you take voluntary layoff can you collect unemployment
What does the yellow triangle with the exclamation point in it mean.
I babysit for my grandchildren at my son and daughter-in-law’s home five days a week and get paid can I apply for unemployment if their jobs are closed down for the coronavirus?
I have quarantined my husband and my self because of underlying chronic illness. I have been given FMLA . Do I qualify for some kind of assistance?
I’ve had the same thing happen, I cant work because my kids are home, want to know if I can apply for benefits…
Can you file unemployment if you had to stay home because the kids school was cancelled and if so would that disqualify you from any federal benefits
A lot of people that are out of work right now are servers , waitresses, waiters.
How is unemployment going to know when filing seeing the hourly wage is significantly lower.
Your weekly benefit will be based off your past years “gross” income. If you did not claim tips in that, they will not be considered.
What if my hours are severely decreased? I’m a home visit therapist and am getting a fraction of the normal hours I work.
You can file unemployment on the hours you would have normally gotten. Unemployment only pays 67% of what your gross was in 2019, so if you are currently making at least 67% of what you normally do, you may get denied.
What if you was on unemployment and your time now is up can’t get no more until August but no one is hiring everyone is laying off losing jobs & your health makes you higher risk due to this virus what can you do ?
If I go from full time to part time Can I still collect Due to the virus
What if your second job lays you off but you still are working your first job can you get money from the second job?
I was told by my sons doctor to stay home to protect my son as well as family members. I’m a hair stylist who is on commission. How does that work?
It only works if you paid unemployment insurance throughout the year.
If your employer has been paying your taxes, then theys have paid into unemployment and you should be eligible now that salons have been closed down-but probably only from the time of the shutdown.
I have a return to work date coming soon (April 13, 2020) and I’ve been collecting unemployment benefits for the past 15 weeks and I still have 11 weeks to collect. I was told this week that they will not be calling me back for at least 8 weeks (maybe longer) because of the coronavirus pandemic. Normally they stop paying benefits when your return to work date comes up, unless you are given a reason why. With no face to face contact at Workone during this crisis will they contact me via mail or e-mail to assure I will continue to receive my maximum benefit amount?
What if the company forces employees to decrease hours and they are used to 40 hours a week
Are they not waving the first week?
I work in Ky but live in Indiana…where do I apply? My employer told us we could apply for unemployment
I thought they was waiving the first week? I thought they was supposed to up the amount you get?
I work in Dayton oh, live in Indiana and was laid off for at least two weeks. Was offered to work in Indiana and turned it down. Am I eligible?
How are we supposed to fill out weekly vouchers saying that we are looking for work when I’m not working because my shop closed due to covid? Am I supposed to be actively looking for a different “essential” job??
was under quarantine per ER Doctor, employer called me by phone and told me that there was nothing they could do that I was over my days allowed to miss… how am I to collect unemployment when I have to state that I was fired due to missing work?
How about the extra 600 the government is supposed to give you on unemployment
If I’m laid off because the government has a stay at home order in place and my company has laid me off because of work shortage how do i go look for work if i am not suppose to go out and everyone’s business is closed down?
I live and work in Indiana, My company is on forced shut down due to the Covid-19, Do I have to qualify with past quarters to receive unemployment benefits?