Originally Posted by
wheresmyplane
I also was denied unemployment after being furloughed in October. I don't know if it's too late to correct the problem now. I just figured they denied it so that was it. They said I hadn't put sufficient funds into UI. I've only been working since I was 16.
U.I. is a federal program administered by each individual state. Your benefit is usually based on a percentage of income earned in the first four of the last five completed quarters (called a base period) before your claim is filed. The state responsible for providing benefits is usually the one where the majority of the taxes were paid. You may have applied in the wrong state and they were less than helpful on which state you should apply in, or you did not earn enough money, which is unlikely. To give you an example, in TX to be eligible you must have earned income in at least two of four base period quarters, and earned at least a total income of $2146.
Most states are similar due to federal guidelines that regulate these programs.
If you only been unemployed since Oct., your probably still eligible, although your weekly benefit maybe lower.
Hope this helps