You can apply for unemployment insurance benefits either online or by phone using the Applicant Self-Service System.
By phone choose English, Spanish, Hmong, Somali:
Apply for Benefits: What You Should Know Before Applying (video, 7:38)
Apply for Benefits: Completing the Online Application (video, 9:06)
An overview of unemployment insurance benefits. Explains the basic processes and requirements for receiving benefits.
Information about when your benefit account becomes effective and when to apply for a new benefit account.
Wages paid in “covered” employment are used to establish your benefit account. “Covered” and “noncovered” employment is defined.
Explains the soonest you can receive a payment and why the first requested week will be $0.
Explains how your benefits are affected if you accept work now and later become unemployed again.
