have to explain why he was unable to file earlier. No applications will be accepted once the disaster assistance period is over.
After establishing her claim, the applicant is required to file weekly claims in
order to receive benefits. “Establishing a claim” refers to the applicant’s initial call to VDOL. Even if the applicant has not yet received the DUA application or received notice of approval for DUA, she must file a claim on a weekly basis. The weekly claim period is from midnight on Sunday through to 11:59 P.M. on the following Saturday. The applicant files her weekly claim on the first Sunday or Monday after her initial call to VDOL to apply for benefits for unemployment during the preceding week. When filing for the first time, the applicant will be required to establish a PIN which she will use each time she files a claim. Every week of unemployment thereafter, the applicant must file her claim sometime between Sunday at 12:01 A.M. and 4:30 P.M. on the following Friday. Claims are filed online at
www.labor.vermont.gov and clicking on Unemployment Insurance Claimant Application or by calling 1-800-983-2300 and selecting option #1.
When filing the DUA application, if the applicant does not have documentation
substantiating employment or self-employment wages or earnings, the applicant can make a statement attesting to her income in place of such documentation. VDOL must make an immediate determination of eligibility even if the applicant cannot provide normal documentation of income. The applicant has 21 days to follow up with VDOL by providing documentation of self-employment and wage income. If the applicant fails to do so, she shall be found ineligible for all benefits, including those already received. VDOL will consider whether the individual should then be subject to disqualification for fraud.
Amount and Duration of DUA Assistance The amount of the DUA benefit paid to an eligible unemployed worker or eligible
unemployed self-employed person shall be the weekly amount of compensation the individual would have been paid as regular compensation, but no more than the maximum amount of regular UC in Vermont for a one week period. When computing the amount of qualifying employment and wages, Vermont law is used, except that self- employment income is treated in the same manner as wages. Self-employment income to be treated as wages is the net income reported on the applicant’s tax return as income from all self-employment dependent on the individual’s own labor. If the weekly amount computed based on the applicant’s wage income of self-employment income is less than 50% of the average weekly payment of regular UC in Vermont, the individual will be entitled to a DUA benefit equal to the 50% of the average weekly payment of regular UC.
DUA benefits payable to an individual for a week of unemployment will be
reduced by any of the following that the individual received or would have received had the individual filed for the benefit:
benefits or insurance for loss of wages due to illness or disability 85
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