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    General Questions

  1. Looking For Employment
  2. Wage, Work Hours/Breaks, Labor Disputes, Final Paychecks & Failure To Pay Overtime
  3. Work Permits For Youth
  4. Minimum Wage
  5. Problems with State Job Application
  6. VEC Workforce Center Hours

    General Unemployment Insurance Questions

  1. What types of reemployment services are offered?
  2. What if I’m working but my hours have been reduced?
  3. Are partial benefits different than regular unemployment benefits?
  4. What if my employer won't give me the Statement of Partial Unemployment?
  5. Are the weekly eligibility requirements different for partial claimants?
  6. Am I required to actively seek work as a partial claimant?
  7. What if I make a false statement on my claim? What if I make a mistake?
  8. How much can I earn and still receive benefits?
  9. What if I receive severance pay, vacation pay, sickness and accident benefits, or holiday pay?
  10. What if I receive a pension, retirement, social security, etc?
  11. What if I attend school or a training program?
  12. What if there is a question on my weekly eligibility?
  13. If I receive a letter or call to report to or call the VEC Workforce Center, what should I do?
  14. How do I file weekly claims?
  15. What if I return to full-time work?
  16. How can I get information on the status of my claim?
  17. Are my benefits taxable?
  18. How do I repay an overpayment?
  19. How much do I need to have earned to qualify?
  20. Can I file my claim over the telephone?
  21. Are unemployment benefits or taxes deducted from my pay?
  22. What information is required to file a claim for benefits?
  23. If I file my claim and decide not to claim benefits, can my claim be cancelled?
  24. How are my benefits computed?
  25. What if I believe I have been discriminated against?
  26. What if I have a complaint that is not based on discrimination?
  27. What if I need a special aid or service?
  28. What service is available to me if I am hearing impaired?
  29. Are resumes acceptable job contacts?
  30. If I am a member of a union, what are my work search requirements?
  31. What if I don’t make job contacts during a week?
  32. What if I have a lengthy period of unemployment?
  33. Is anybody going to check or verify my job contacts?
  34. What if the VEC Workforce Center refers me to a job?
  35. What happens if I refuse a job offer or a VEC referral?
  36. If I qualify monetarily, is there anything that will prevent me from drawing the benefits?
  37. If I relocate to follow my spouse, is that a qualifying separation?
  38. Can I receive unemployment benefits if I am out of work under the Family Medical Leave Act?
  39. How are these facts about my separation obtained?
  40. Why would I be ineligible to receive benefits because of my separation from employment?
  41. What if I don’t have sufficient wages in my base period to qualify monetarily?
  42. How much in benefits do I get and for how long?
  43. What if my wages are correct but insufficient to qualify under the alternate base period?
  44. What if my base period wages are incorrect?
  45. May I use wages earned in other states to establish a claim?
  46. What if I’m working part-time? Am I still required to actively seek work?
  47. What about newspaper ads and telephone contacts?
  48. How do I file for unemployment (UI) benefits?
  49. Can a claimant or staff person apply for unemployment compensation benefits prior to becoming unemployed?
  50. Does Virginia require a non-payable first week?
  51. Generally, what do I have to do to meet the weekly eligibility requirements?
  52. What if I live outside the state of Virginia? Am I required to come to Virginia to register with the VEC?
  53. New Hire Reporting
  54. Required Employer Posters
  55. What if I fail to repay the overpayment?

    Internet Filing Questions

  1. Who can file on-line?
  2. Is there any difference between filing a claim on-line or filing a claim in the VEC Workforce Center?
  3. How much time do I have to complete the on-line claim?
  4. The Internet claim filing system does not have my job title. What should I do?
  5. What if I entered incorrect information concerning my claim?

    Unemployment Insurance Issue Questions

  1. What happens if I am not available to work?
  2. What happens if I refuse a job?
  3. What if I quit my job?
  4. What if I was fired from my job?
  5. What happens if my employer is giving me severance?
  6. What happens if I go out of town for a few days while on unemployment?
  7. Can I go to school or take training courses and still receive unemployment?
  8. What if I’m receiving a pension?
  9. What happens if I had only one or no job contacts during the week?
  10. What new benefits are provided in the Act?

    Voice Response System Questions

  1. What does it means when the Voice Response Systems says I have an issue on my claim?
  2. What is the Voice Response System (VRS)?
  3. How often do I need to call the VRS?
  4. When is the VRS available?
  5. What is the VRS telephone number?
  6. If the number is busy, what should I do?
  7. What does it mean when the VRS says that I do not have an available week?
  8. Should I continue to call the VRS to file my weekly claims if I have a fact-finding interview or appeals hearing?

    Appeals

  1. What if I disagree with the Deputy’s decision?
  2. If I disagree with the decision of a Deputy or "Notice of Deputy's Determination," how do I file an appeal?
  3. What happens at an appeal hearing.
  4. What if I disagree with the decision of the Appeals Examiner?
  5. What if I disagree with the decision of the Special Examiner?
  6. What if I have a question concerning my appeal or the appeals process?

    Glossary

  1. Actively seeking work
  2. Base Period
  3. PIN
  4. Double dip claim
  5. Eligibility Review Program
  6. Quality Control Program
  7. Extended Benefits (EB)
  8. Overpayment
  9. Acquisition
  10. Agricultural Labor
  11. Audit
  12. Benefit Year
  13. Calendar Quarter
  14. Claimant
  15. Corporation
  16. Delinquent Employer
  17. Duration of Benefits
  18. Employer
  19. Employing Unit
  20. Employment
  21. Experience Rating
  22. Federal Employer Identification Number (FEIN)
  23. FUTA (Federal Unemployment Tax Act)
  24. Inactive Account
  25. Insolvent
  26. Insured Employment
  27. Interest
  28. Last Thirty-Day Employer
  29. Liability Date
  30. Maximum Benefit Amount
  31. Tax Report
  32. Unemployment
  33. Waiting Week
  34. Week
  35. Weekly Benefit Amount (WBA)
  36. Suitable work
  37. Reemployment Assistance

    Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC)

  1. What is the source of the EUC benefits?
  2. Who is potentially eligible to receive the new EUC benefits?
  3. What will be the amount of the EUC benefits for each claimant?
  4. How will we determine eligibility for the EUC benefits?
  5. When will claimants receive the EUC benefits?
  6. What is the first week claimants may qualify for EUC benefits?
  7. Will the claimant need to file a claim for the EUC benefits?
  8. Will employers be taxed for the EUC benefits?
  9. Does EUC entitlement exist for an individual who cannot monetarily establish a new claim but has a prior qualifying benefit year?
  10. Can an individual qualify for EUC if his most recent UI claim had a BYE date prior to May 1, 2007?
  11. Does an individual with a qualifying benefit year who is eligible for UI benefits on a subsequent benefit year have the option to receive EUC based on the first benefit year?
  12. If an individual has two qualifying benefit years on file and has exhausted the subsequent benefit year, does the individual have the option to receive EUC based on the first benefit year?
  13. Does the individual who monetarily qualifies for a new benefit year but is ineligible to draw benefits due to the double-dip provision, qualify for EUC on the prior claim?
  14. Does the EB work search and suitable work requirements apply to EUC?
  15. If an exhaustee with an existing benefit year was separated from employment subsequent to exhaustion but prior to the effective date of EUC, does the separation have to be adjudicated?
  16. Can EUC payments be used to offset overpayments of EUC or other benefit programs?
  17. How does EUC entitlement affect the payment of basic TRA?
  18. If a claimant is currently receiving TRA, do we have to suspend TRA payments and establish a EUC claim before an individual can go back on TRA?
  19. After the exhaustion of EUC, are previous TRA benefits payable?
  20. If EUC is payable before TRA, will the basic TRA eligibility period or the additional TRA eligibility period be lengthened?
  21. How will potentially eligible EUC claimants be notified and their claims filed?
  22. When a EUC claimant becomes eligible for UI, will he be required to file a UI claim?
  23. What about individual who have potential UI eligibility in other states?
  24. How will claimants certify for weekly claims for EUC?
  25. Will EUC claimants be required to register with Virginia Workforce Connection?
    






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