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How to File a Weekly Claim: CARES Act Update - YouTube
Channel: Iowa Workforce Development
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For any week that you wish to claim
benefits for unemployment insurance you
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must go online to www.iowaworkforcedevelopment.gov
and file a weekly
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continued claim for benefits once you
are in the website this is the main page
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you would need to click on individual
and then file unemployment and under the
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weekly claims you would click on file
weekly claim this is after you have
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filled out the initial claim application
you would begin your first weekly claim
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the Sunday after you have filed your
initial claim application scroll down to
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about the middle of the page where it
talks about file a weekly claim so most
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claimants can receive unemployment
insurance benefits for up to 26 weeks
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and in some cases 39 weeks to receive
payments after filing for UI benefits a
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claimant must confirm eligibility every
week using the claims reporting system
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each week that the weekly claim is filed
the claimant will be asked to certify
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the following are you unemployed or
working only reduced hours are you able
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and available for work have you refused
any job offers or referrals are you
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actively seeking work unless your waive
search your work search is waived are
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you reporting any pension that you may
be receiving are you reporting any gross
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wages vacation or PTO severance and/or
holiday pay that you may be receiving
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click on file weekly claim now you may
file your weekly claim on Sundays from 8
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a.m. to 7:30 p.m. and Monday through
Friday 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
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currently you may file for the most
recently completed week and two weeks
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prior to that this is a homepage of the
unemployment insurance weekly claim
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you must create a PIN number click
proceed to login it will ask you for
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your social security number no dashes
just the numbers and then click Submit
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and then it asks for your four-digit
personal identification number the very
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first time that you log in to the system
it will ask you to enter your social
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security number your date of birth and
then it will ask you to create a four
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digit PIN number and you will have to
also re-enter that four digit PIN number
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before proceeding so the options come up
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we have benefit inquiry file weekly
claim view or update payment method
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update your phone number you can change
your PIN number and you can log out of
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the system for this demonstration today
we're going to file a weekly claim so I
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will click on file weekly claim and I
get a message window it says our records
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show you must claim benefits for the
week ending Saturday March 21st 2020
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before benefits for the week ending
Saturday March 28 2020 can be claimed do
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you want to claim benefits for the week
ending Saturday March 21st 2020 I will
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click yes it is important that you
answer all questions truthfully
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attempting to claim and receive
unemployment insurance benefits by
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entering false
information can result in loss of
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benefits fines and imprisonment I
understand this message and wish to
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proceed I'm going to click on the yes
and then submit so here's the questions
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regarding what happened the week ending
March 21st so did you work during the
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week of Sunday March 15th through
Saturday March 21st you would answer the
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question yes or no did you work or not
if you answer yes it will ask me if this
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was self employment and you click yes or
no if you answer yes to the self
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employment question it will ask did you
have any earnings that were not from
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self-employment during the week ending
March 21st 2020 I answer yes then it is
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going to ask me to enter the wages
earned excluding earnings from
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self-employment for the week ending
Saturday March 21st 2020 enter the gross
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amount rounded to the nearest dollar so
let's say I worked and I earned $200 so
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I would enter 200 then I need to answer
please select the choice that best
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describes your work status as of
Saturday March 21st 2020 either still
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working or laid off or let go for
reasons other than misconduct fired
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employer stated for reasons of
misconduct or quit I will select
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laid-off and then I would go on to the
next question please note that there are
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red asterisks beside the questions that
are required to be completed you must
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answer all questions in order to proceed
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if I answer no to the question that I
did not work
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the only question it asks me is enter
your holiday pay for no pay enter zero
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otherwise enter the gross amount rounded
to the nearest dollar
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the next question is enter your vacation
or severance wages in lieu of notice of
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separation or dismissal pay if none was
received enter zero otherwise enter the
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gross amount rounded to the nearest
dollar those questions are also if you
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did work for the week you would answer
those two questions the next question is
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are you receiving payments from a
private pension or retirement fund that
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was paid 100% by your employer or a
military retirement yes or no were you
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ready willing able and available for
work the majority of the week of Sunday
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March 15th through Saturday March 21st
you would answer yes or no did you
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refuse any job offers or job referrals
during the week yes or no how many
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employers did you contact during the
week if you are required to do work
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searches you will be asked that question
you would enter the number of employers
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that you contacted for work once you
have answered all of the questions you
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would click on submit this is your
weekly claim summary of how you answered
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the questions this is the time for you
to review the answers to the questions
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and how you responded to make sure that
it is accurate if you're satisfied with
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the answers and that they are true and
correct then you come down to this final
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question
in it says please remember it is your
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responsibility to keep a complete record
of your work search contacts as directed
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by the Workforce Development Center and
to provide a copy of requested that's
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only if you are required to do work
searches the laws imposed penalties for
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false statements do you certify the
information you have provided is true
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for the week ending Saturday March 21st
2020
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I'm going to select yes if I needed to
correct any of the answers to the
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questions I could click on the make
corrections buttons and it would take me
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back to the screen where I entered the
information but I'm satisfied with these
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answers so I will click the submit
button weekly claim successfully filed
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it provides the week ending that I filed
the confirmation number your
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confirmation number is proof that you
have filed your weekly claim you should
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keep a record of your confirmation
number if you've received your
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confirmation number there is no reason
to contact Iowa workforce to make sure
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that we received your weekly claim
information please remember you must
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file each week you will not be paid for
any weeks you do not file timely if you
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miss a week of filing a claim you can do
the previous two weeks if you've passed
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that third week then you would be
required to reactivate your claim as a
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claimant you are responsible for
updating any changes in your address or
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telephone number with Iowa Workforce
Development to update your telephone
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number you may use the update telephone
number option in the menu on the left
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side of the page to update your address
you will need to contact customer
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service at 1-866-239-0843 [email protected]
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or email [email protected] since
I'm into the next week I can go ahead
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and if I wish file the for the week
ending Saturday March 28th and it will
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go through those same series of
questions for that week as well if you
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have any questions or run into any
problems while you are filing your
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weekly continued claim for benefits
please contact customer service at 1-866-239-0843
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