Kansas receives $69 million in Recovery Act funds The Kansas Department of Labor has been notified that its application to receive nearly $69 million under the unemployment insurance modernization provisions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act has been approved by the U.S. Department of Labor. The money is earmarked for the state’s Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund, through which state unemployment benefits are paid. Kansas is among a handful of states to have received its full share of funds under this provision of the federal Recovery Act. Learn more here.
Additional Emergency Unemployment Compensation available Kansas has become eligible to provide a second tier of federal Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC) benefits to qualifying individuals effective June 7, 2009. Individuals who have exhausted their original EUC benefits may be eligible for up to 13 weeks of additional benefits. KDOL identified nearly 10,000 potentially eligible individuals and applications for the new EUC benefits were mailed on June 5. Individuals who are still receiving original EUC benefits will also be notified of their potential eligibility for Tier II benefits as their original EUC benefits exhaust. Learn more about Tier II EUC benefits here.
Kansas Department of Labor Contact Center adopts a 10-hour workday On Monday, May 18, the Kansas Department of Labor Contact Center will begin operating 10 hours a day during the week and will discontinue its Saturday hours. The Contact Center’s new hours of operation are Monday through Friday 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Unemployed Kansans can now make changes to their personal information online Kansans who are currently seeking or have received unemployment benefits in the past can now make changes to their personal information, including their phone number, address and e-mail address, online at www.uibenefits.dol.ks.gov. This new capability allows individuals to complete these changes without having to call into the Unemployment Insurance Contact Center. Learn more about it here.
May 2009 Labor Report According to May 2009 estimates, Kansas businesses lost 39,100 jobs in the past year, a 2.8 percent decrease.
How to speed up your unemployment claim You’re out of work and all you ask is that your unemployment benefits begin quickly. There are a few things that you can do to help speed up the process and make sure your claim goes smoothly through the system.
Advice to Kansas workers: lift with your legs, not your back You’ve likely heard the advice many times – lift with your legs and not with your back. According to the 2008 Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses, Kansas workers would do well to take heed.
Listen to how KDOL is working smarter to make things easier for unemployment benefits claimants through debit cards.
Publications KDOL publishes numerous reports on topics ranging from workplace safety to Kansas employment and the agency’s and division annual reports.
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