Filing Your Unemployment Application? Yes, you can file for unemployment in North Carolina to receive some stipends that will enable you to get by while you wait for a job opening. This application can be done online 24 at any time of the day.
To file for unemployment in North Carolina you will need to create an online account to enable you to apply for unemployment benefits, complete your weekly certifications, and Check your claim status. Furthermore, there is a Multi-Factor Authentication that requires you to verify your identity when signing into your DES account. This is to ensure that your submitted details are safe.
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Note that before you can receive unemployment benefits, you must be considered monetarily eligible (earned sufficient wages to establish a claim). This means that you must be physically able, available, and actively seeking work. You must also register for work with the state’s job service office.
If on the other hand, you were recently out of a job, it must be through no fault of your own. In limited circumstances, an exception may apply to the general rule. DES will make a determination in each case. While in most cases you cannot voluntarily quit a job and collect unemployment insurance benefits, where you can show “unsafe, unhealthful, or dangerous” working conditions, that were so intolerable that you had “no choice but to leave the employment,” you could be eligible to collect unemployment insurance benefits
How to File for Unemployment in North Carolina
- Visit the North Carolina DES website and click on ‘Create an Online Account.
- Enter your Social Security Number twice.
- Select ‘Next.’ On the ‘User Account Creation page. (Create a User Name and remember it; then enter a valid email address twice. Enter your contact phone number and create a Password).
- Select ‘Create Account.’
- After you apply, watch for mail or email notifications from DES. Your application is reviewed and you will receive a response regarding the benefit amount and eligibility details.
- Check the status of your claim anytime on the Dashboard of your online account.
