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Unemployment
Filing for Unemployment
Washington’s Employment Security Department – Apply for unemployment in Washington through ESD’s official website. Here you can also find out if you are eligible for unemployment, what questions will be asked when you apply, how to apply for benefits by phone, how to follow up on a claim and how to reopen a claim.
Apply for unemployment at http://www.go2ui.com or call 800-318-6022.
Unemployment Claims Kit from Washington’s Employment Security Department offers detailed information about unemployment coverage, eligibility, responsibilities of those who receive benefits, deductions, overpayment, taxation, job search requirements and more.
CareerOneStop: Unemployment Benefits – CareerOneStop is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor and provides links for filing unemployment insurance benefits, finding other unemployment benefits and finding job search and training opportunities.
Access Washington: Unemployment Information – Find basic information about unemployment insurance and filing for unemployment in Washington, including information about COBRA and other types of assistance.
Tips for filing for Unemployment from Washington State Library
- Instead of applying by phone, apply online at www.esd.wa.gov
- If you must call 800-318-6022, use a land line to avoid using up cell phone minutes while waiting for an agent. The wait times will probably be long.
- Don’t hang up. Redialing will put you at the end of the line.
- If you’re a night owl, take advantage of the lighter traffic and call in the wee hours.
- Be prepared with complete and accurate employment information for the past two years. Inaccurate information will delay your benefits.
- Use the phone system’s automated features to file a weekly claim, reopen an existing claim, check on a benefit payment and change your address.
- When you do get through, tell the agent the date that you first tried to call. Your claim will be backdated so you won’t lose money because of the delay.
Other Resources
Worker Re-employment Portal – From CareerOneStop, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor. Find employment, training and financial help during job transition.
For information on the extension of unemployment benefits from the Economic Stimulus, see: http://www.workforcesecurity.doleta.gov/unemploy/extenben.asp
For Economic Stimulus COBRA premium reductions for eligible individuals, see: http://www.dol.gov/ebsa/cobra.html
COBRA Premium Reduction Fact Sheet
Reduccion en las Primas de COBRA (COBRA Fact Sheet en Español)
