Unemployed: Unemployment Insurance Information

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Unemployment Fraud

You can anonymously report UI Fraud to the VEC by calling
1-800-782-4001

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If you are currently unemployed:

ATTENTION: Customers seeking unemployment assistance are encouraged to use our
online services as a first option since they will be able to reach the VEC quicker than by telephone.

If you must use our phone services, the toll free number to call is 1-866-832-2363

Customers with a social security number ending with an odd number are asked to call on Monday, Wednesday, or Friday.
Customers with a social security number ending with an even number are asked to call on Tuesday, Thursday, or Friday.
This process will not affect the benefit amount or adversely delay the processing of the customer’s claim for benefits.

In an effort to better accommodate our customers, the Virginia Employment Commission's customer contact center will be open from 8:15 a.m. to noon on Saturdays.

Online Unemployment Insurance Services:

File a new claim for unemployment benefits
Reopen an existing claim after a break has occurred in your weekly request for payments.
File your weekly request for payment of unemployment benefits.
Electronic Payment Method - Debit Card/Direct Deposit
- Click here for these online services in English
- Click here for these online services in Spanish

Virginia Debit MasterCard Card.
About Unemployment Insurance - Overview and history of the UI Program.
Handbook for Claimants & Job Seekers - What you need to know to be eligible for UI.
- Manual español para los demandantes y los buscadores de trabajo
Benefits Table
- 2008 posted 6-9-08
- 2007 posted 06-5-07
- 2006 posted 06-15-06
- 2005 posted 06-3-05
Benefits Rights Information (7-07)
Unemployment Insurance & You: Questions & Answers
Click here to determine if you are eligible for Virginia Department of Social Services programs
Virginia Unemployment Compensation Act
- Major Legislative Changes
VEC Regulations
- File an Appeal of Deputy Determination or an
  Appeal of Appeals Examiner's Decision
- Formas de las súplicas en español
- Precedent Decision Manual - The Precedent Decision Manual contains over 500 VEC and court cases that interpret the provisions of the Virginia Unemployment Compensation Act. This is a useful research tool especially for claimants, employers, attorneys and accountants.
- Unpublished Court of Appeals Opinions
Presentation to the Commission on Unemployment Compensation on September 27, 2007 - Presented by Dolores Esser, VEC Commissioner

*** Stimulus 2009 ***

If you are currently unemployed:

* Stimulus 2009 *