Information for Claimants (2024)

FAQs

How much unemployment will I get if I make $1 000 a week in Florida? ›

Translation: If you were making a cool $1,000 a week, that's $4,000 a month. Let's assume your highest quarter was, well, the one with that $4,000 paycheck. Divide that by 26, and you're looking at a possible $154 a week in unemployment benefits.

Repeated inexcusable tardiness after warnings. Dishonesty related to your employment. Repeated and inexcusable absences. Violating the law or deliberate acts that provoke violence or illegal actions, or violating a collective bargaining agreement.

You are not monetarily eligible (i.e., you do not have enough wages in the base period). last five completed calendar quarters before your benefit claim begins. You are still working, or you are partially unemployed and earning more than $275 per week. You are not able and available to work if a job became available.

A Claimant ID (CID) is a number assigned to your when you file your claim for benefits. It is on all correspondence that is sent you. Instead of relying strictly on your Social Security number, which can be stolen, the Claimant ID helps us assist you without risking your privacy.

Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (FPUC) for anyone laid off or furloughed due to the pandemic. Provides $600/week for up to 16 weeks from the date you applied (retroactive to March 29) to anyone receiving the Florida state Reemployment Assistance.

The unemployment benefit calculator will provide you with an estimate of your weekly benefit amount, which can range from $40 to $450 per week.

Generally, it can take up to three weeks to process your application and mail a decision to you. An individual must be immediately able and available for full-time work and be actively seeking work to be eligible for benefits, or else be enrolled in training approved by the Employment Security Department.

If the Employment Security Department pays you benefits and then later determines you were not eligible for benefits, you will have an “overpayment.” An overpayment means you have to pay ESD back for the benefits you received.

Officers of for-profit corporations who provide services in Washington are automatically exempt from Unemployment Insurance, unless the employer specifically requests coverage. Submit a Voluntary Election Form to the Employment Security Department for optional corporate officer coverage.

If you are determined eligible on ALL issues, you will be paid for your weeks claimed, excluding the waiting week. A determination is usually issued within two to six weeks of filing your claim.

Is it hard to get unemployment in Florida? ›

You must meet three eligibility requirements to collect unemployment in Florida: Your past earnings must meet certain minimum thresholds. You must be unemployed through no fault of your own, as defined by Florida law. You must be able, available, and actively looking for work.

Florida's unemployment rate was 3.3% in April 2024.

If your claim is accepted, it will take two to four weeks to receive your first payment. The week you file your claim is a "waiting week" during which no benefits are paid. If you do not receive a confirmation notice, call the Claims Assistance Center toll free at 1-800-204-2418.

Waiting week (ww) is the very first week of RA program claimed, which has no earnings or, earnings are less than weekly benefits amount (wba), for which benefits will not be paid. There is only one non-payable waiting week per claim filed within the same benefits year.

FloridaCommerce works with ID.me to create a highly secure identity verification process that ensures you—and only you—will be able to access your benefits. ID. me's role in this partnership is exclusively regarding identity verification. ID.me does not approve unemployment claims or distribute funds to claimants.

You are entitled to a maximum benefit amount of $3,300. You will continue to receive Reemployment Assistance weekly for up to 12 weeks. When you secure a job, the payments will stop. However, working part-time or temporarily does not necessarily end the benefits.

In Florida, your weekly benefit amount is calculated by dividing your total earnings for the highest paid quarter of the base period by 26, up to a current maximum of $275 per week. You can receive benefits for anywhere between 12 to 23 weeks, depending on Florida's current unemployment rate.

How often will I receive Reemployment Assistance benefit payments? Reemployment Assistance is paid on a biweekly basis.

Unemployment Rate Formula and Equation

The unemployment rate formula is unemployment rate = (Number of unemployed individuals /sums of employed and unemployed individuals) x 100%. Example-Assuming the number of unemployed people is 500 and those employed are 3000, the unemployment rate will be: 500/3500 x 100% =14.29%.