The coronavirus pandemic has caused unemployment claims to skyrocket across the US. Here is where to find your state’s benefits website and phone number.
— nearly 3.3 million people have filed claims, a record — State Labor Departments have been overwhelmed with a wave of new applications from recently laid off workers.BuzzFeed News, in the chart below, has cobbled together information on where to find unemployment benefits for every state in the US.
First, it’s important to know whether you qualify for unemployment benefits: If you are laid off or furloughed, youStill, closely review the information from your state’s Labor Department about who qualifies and what you need if you want to apply, especially if you’re filing for unemployment for the first time. Those are the websites we put into the second column of the table below, right next to the first column that contains each state name.
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