unemployment benefits

To provide guidance to DUA staff regarding Emergency Regulations that were filed to establish procedures and interpret the provisions of G.L. 151A to alleviate hardship caused by COVID-19.

To provide practical guidance to Unemployment Insurance Online Users (UIO users) responding to claimant or employer threats.

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The regulations make several changes for the purposes of providingunemployment benefits to as many people as possible who have been affected. The regulations have been implemented immediately as a result of the hardshipthat COVID-19 may cause in workers and employers. Discusses standby status,…

To provide practical guidance on responding to claimants or employers threatening suicide or self-harm.

Discussing standby status, suitable work and good cause for missing deadlines dues to COVID-19.

The Department of Labor’s Employment and Training Administration has provided guidance to state workforce agencies regarding unemployment eligibility for claimants that are affected by the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVD-10.) The following information provides guidance with respect to potential…

In recent months, tens of thousands of people in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands have found themselves unemployed or unable to get to work due to Hurricane Maria and Hurricane Irma.  There is jobless aid available to people who are unemployed due to natural disasters. NELP…

Unemployment Benefits.Although Court has reservations about the significance of evidence that claimant collected unemployment benefits, Court is reluctant to say that a claimant's decision to hold himself out as able to work for the purpose of receiving unemployment benefits may never be…