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If you need to reopen your claim or request backdating of your claim call the Claims Assistance and Re-Employment Team 801-526-4400.

jobs.utah.gov For 2022, 76% percent of Utah's established employers qualify for the minimum unemployment insurance tax rate of 0.003 or approximately $124 per employee per year. In Utah, employers are only taxed on the tax- able wage base, which for 2022 is $41,600.

To check on the status of you claim, log in here. To reach someone by phone for questions about UI benefits in general or your current claim, contact a Claims Center by calling the Utah unemployment phone number most applicable to you: Counties of Salt Lake and Davis: (801) 526-4400.

You must be partially or totally unemployed through no fault of your own. You must be a US citizen or allowed to work in the US. You must have sufficient earnings in the base period to establish eligibility. You must have paid wages for employment in at least two base period quarters.

If you meet all the eligibility requirements and file your claim each week, you should receive your first payment about three weeks after you apply for benefits. Payments are not made on the same day each week.

In general, good cause means that your reason for leaving the position was job-related and was so compelling that you had no other choice than to leave. For example, if you left your job because of dangerous working conditions or sexual harassment that your employer refused to stop, you may be able to collect benefits.

The result will be the number of weeks you are entitled to receive benefits—a minimum of 10 weeks and a maximum of 26 weeks of regular benefits. *To determine weekly benefit amount for WBAs less than $491.00, divide the high quarter by 26 and subtract $5.00.

A claimant can collect up to 26 weeks of unemployment in Utah Benefit amounts range from $28 up to $661 per week (up from $617 in 2021), therefore a single full 26 week claim can range from $728 up to $17,186.