The Department of Labor’s Unemployment Insurance (UI) programs provide unemployment benefits to eligible workers who become unemployed through no fault of their own, and meet certain other eligibility requirements.
State Unemployment Insurance
The Federal-State Unemployment Insurance Program provides unemployment benefits to eligible workers who are unemployed through no fault of their own (as determined under state law), and meet other eligibility requirements of state law.
Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA)
Disaster Unemployment Assistance provides financial assistance to individuals whose employment or self-employment has been lost or interrupted as a direct result of a major disaster declared by the President of the United States.
Unemployment Compensation for Federal Employees
The Unemployment Compensation for Federal Employees program provides benefits for eligible unemployed former civilian federal employees.
Unemployment Compensation for Ex-Servicemembers
The Unemployment Compensation for Ex-Servicemembers program provides benefits for eligible ex-military personnel.
Extended Benefits
Extended Benefits are available to workers who have exhausted regular unemployment insurance benefits during periods of high unemployment.
Trade Readjustment Allowances (TRA)
Trade Readjustment Allowances are income support to persons who have exhausted Unemployment Compensation and whose jobs were affected by foreign imports.
Self-Employment Assistance
Self-Employment Assistance offers dislocated workers the opportunity for early re-employment.
