North Carolina Unemployment Insurance Law

September 26th, 2006 Posted by Lindsay

Unemployment Insurance is carried by employers so that workers can receive benefits if they become unemployed. In order to qualify for those benefits, you must have been employed for a period of time called the base period, and you must have earned a minimum amount of earnings over the past year. You must have become unemployed through non fault of your own. You must keep the state unemployment office informed of any work or offers to work that you’ve received, and file additional claims that they require.

Most people know that unemployment insurance exists, but some don’t know about this: If you’re employed in the state of North Carolina and your work load decreases—say for example you were scheduled to work a full week, but there was no work available so you worked less than 3 days—you may be eligible to receive unemployment insurance benefits. Your employer has to fill out a certain form, and you send it to the Employment Security Commission.

Your unemployment benefits can vary from $36 per week up to $426 per week. If you have received unemployment benefits in other states, you may find that the amount of your benefits differ from the previous amount. That is because every state creates its own guidelines for determining the amount of your benefits.

Employers have many responsibilities that pertain to the North Carolina Unemployment Insurance law, and I can only touch on them a little here in the blog. Employers must report all payments made; they have to file quarterly reports that tell about each employee’s wages. They are also required by law to notify the North Carolina Employment Security Law and Commission whenever there are changes to the company, like a change in address or business activity, closing the business, or selling it to someone else.

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  1. Posted by: Mark Baylis

    I need help finding the rules which govern the the calculation of UI benefits and the process for obtaining exceptions. Is that something you could help me with? Thank you
    Mark

  2. Posted by: Amelia

    Hi Mark! We have two forums that are set up especially to answer questions like yours. Employees can post questions at http://www.laborlawtalk.com. Employers can have their questions answered by experts at http://www.humanresourceblog.com. Hope these help! Amelia

  3. Posted by: Sue

    If you are on unemployment and are offered a job that is more than half of you previous salary, can you turn it doen and continue to receive your unemployment?

  4. Posted by: Amelia

    Hi Sue! This depends upon the state and the circumstances, but in most cases a worker can refuse a job that is “unsuitable” and still collect unemployment. The employee is the judge of what is “unsuitable.” However, if the unemployment benefits are about to end, in some cases an employee who accepts a lower-paying job will still qualify for partial unemployment benefits. HTH, and thanks for reading the blogs!~ Amelia

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