Alabama Unemployment

Getting a job is probably the uppermost thing on your mind, but the immediate need of having an income while you’re looking is there as well and has to be addressed.

Alabama unemployment is the answer to the question of how to pay the bills while you’re seeking employment in Alabama. Navigating the various unemployment pages is always a little confusing, particularly for those who haven’t had to apply for it before and haven’t been out of work in quite some time.

For those of us who are out of work and over fifty, the odds are that we’re going to remain out of work just a little longer. This is also a big concern.  Will we have enough unemployment to carry us through until we find a job, which is normally about 24 weeks for middle aged workers.

The first thing you need to know is that Alabama provides for the extra weeks you may be out of work with Alabama unemployment benefits, as well as federal extensions that will help to keep you going while you’re seeking out new employment in Alabama.

Alabama Unemployment furnishes a percentage of your salary earned in Alabama, based on what you’ve made in wages for a given quarter, usually the highest quarter of your earnings of the past fiscal year. The percentage probably isn’t enough to keep you afloat, but there are other resources out there for you. Realistically, whatever you get is going to help and its important to make sure that you file for it as soon as possible after getting that all important pink slip.

Many states, including Alabama require a waiting week. This does NOT mean however that you wait a week prior to filing for your unemployment. That will in fact be counter productive since you don’t begin to do that waiting week until you’ve filed for your Alabama unemployment insurance. As soon as you know you’re going to be unemployed, begin to gather the information that you will need. Once your last day has been completed, contacting the unemployment office by telephone, a personal visit, or using the online facilities is in order, so that you can get your paperwork begun immediately.

In Alabama, your unemployment office is called the Alabama Department of Industrial Relations.( http://dir.alabama.gov/citizen/) From here you can find links to file your unemployment either online or on the telephone. You may also have questions regarding filing, overpayments or a lost or stolen check that will be answered for you on the web site.

Additionally, to file online you may visit the web site which is located at https://dir.alabama.gov/uc/Claims/ .

Unemployment claims and certifications are not able to be taken or processed on the unemployment claims portion of the web site on Saturdays.