Apply for Unemployment Insurance Benefits in the State of Washington Online using this service.
Unemployment benefits are made available through taxes paid by your former employer(s) to partially replace your regular earnings and help you meet expenses while you look for another job. These benefits are intended to assist workers who lost their jobs through no fault of their own and are not based on financial need. While receiving benefits, it’s your responsibility to get back to work as quickly as you can.
Your claim is good for a “benefit year,” which is 52 weeks, beginning with the week you file your application. You cannot file a new claim in Washington until your benefit year is over, even though you may have received all of your benefits. Most claims receive between 13 to 26 weeks of benefits.
Unemployment benefits partially replace your regular earnings and help you meet expenses while you look for another job. It is not based on financial need.
2. The reason you're unemployed or not working full time.
3. Your availability for work for the weeks you claim.
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