| GOAL |
| To accurately, efficiently, fairly and promptly administer
quality
unemployment compensation services through the collection of employer
contributions
and the payments of benefits to eligible people. |
| PROGRAM PROFILE |
Temporary Income
Unemployment compensation provides temporary income as partial
compensation
to unemployed workers. UC programs are administered jointly by the U.
S.
Department of Labor and the individual states. The federal government
establishes
guidelines and pays administrative costs from funds collected under
provisions
of the Federal Unemployment Tax Act (FUTA). |
Weekly Benefits
West Virginia pays weekly benefits for a period not in excess of 26
weeks
under the regular state UC program. Through an ongoing program,
benefits
are extendable to 39 weeks if unemployment exceeds specified levels.
Congress
may also enact special programs which provide additional benefits on a
temporary basis.
Regular state program UC benefits are financed by state taxes
on employers'
payrolls that are maintained in the West Virginia Unemployment
Compensation
Trust Fund, a part of a federal UC trust fund for all states.
|
Extended Benefits
The ongoing federal/state Extended Benefits program, when triggered
"on",
is financed 50 percent from state funds and 50 percent from FUTA. |
| Other Federal UC Programs
Payments for former civilian employees, veterans, and
individuals who
have lost their jobs as a result of the nation's trade policies or as a
result of a natural disaster are made from federal general revenue
funds.
|
Claimant Eligibility
All workers whose employers are subject to state UC taxes and former
federal
employees or members of the armed forces may be eligible. Claimants
must
have been employed and earned a specified amount of wages during at
least
two calendar quarters of a base period set by law. Claimants must also
be able to work, available for work and seeking work. |
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