Washington WPF PS 12.0300 - Response to Petition for Rescission of Denial of Paternity within 60 Days

You can also qualify for unemployment benefits at first, but later be disqualified after you start receiving them. This can happen if you are not actively looking for a job or if you refuse a job offer.You must be able, ready, and willing to accept a suitable job. Refuses an offer of suitable work.

Workers cannot exceed a total of eight weeks of standby on a claim.

Some of the most common reasons for disqualification from receipt of benefits are: Quitting a job voluntarily without good cause connected with work. Being discharged/fired from work for just cause. Refusing an offer of suitable work for which the claimant is reasonably suited.

Some had their claims disqualified as a result of ESD's hasty fraud-response measures, which used a profiling system to stop payments on 200,000 claims until a specialist could verify their identity, wrote ESD.

"An individual is disqualified for unemployment compensation benefits if the director finds that he or she left his or her most recent work voluntarily without good cause or that he or she has been discharged for misconduct connected with his or her most recent work."

To see if we've processed your payment, sign in to your eServices account and click on UI Claim. You can also call the weekly claims line (800-318-6022 a.m. Sunday p.m. Friday, unless Friday is a holiday) and select option 3 to see if it has been processed.

If information is wrong, call the claims center at 800-318-6022. For current claims center contact information and hours go to: https://esd.wa.gov/unemployment/unemployed-workers-contact. People with hearing or speaking impairments can call Washington Relay Service 711) to request a correction.

If you need to speak to a live customer service representative in Washington State Unemployment customer service you need to dial 1-800-318-6022.

(a) "Standby" means you are temporarily unemployed because of a lack of work but: (i) You expect to return to work with your regular employer within four weeks; or. (ii) You expect to begin full-time work with a new employer within two weeks; or. (iii) You are temporarily unemployed due to natural disaster.