What is a base period for unemployment?
Understand which calendar quarters count, when an alternate base period may help, and how to enter actual wages.
Read the guideBenefit guides — understand your next step
Plain-language guides to base periods, severance, benefit taxes, part-time work and unemployment appeals.
Can you receive unemployment with severance?
Severance, dismissal pay and vacation pay can affect claim timing. Know what to report and where to check.
Read the guideAre unemployment benefits taxable?
Separate your gross award from withholding, keep your tax forms, and check the rules for the type of benefit you receive.
Read the guideWorking part-time while claiming unemployment.
Estimate a partial payment and understand gross earnings, hours, reporting weeks and full-time work rules.
Read the guideHow to prepare an unemployment appeal.
Read your determination, protect the deadline and prepare clear records for the state appeal process.
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