Podcasts by TWC Unemployment Benefits Handbook
The Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) has published a short manual with guidelines so that you know your rights and responsibilities when applying for and receiving unemployment benefits from the State of Texas.
I am not a state employee and this is not an official reading of the Unemployment Benefits Handbook (UBH); this is something I am doing to help disseminate this important information at a time when a record number of people are applying for employment benefits.
I have broken the book into nineteen easy to digest episodes, plus one introducing me and the concept for the podcast.
Please read the handbook yourself to verify what you hear here, and visit the TWC website at https://www.twc.texas.gov/ for the most up-to-date and complete information.
Thank you, and best wishes on your job search!
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Thank you, Good luck, and Farewell! from 2020-06-14T01:17:10
Thank you for checkign out this podacst. I am Kyle Souza, my blog is https://thetalkinggeek.com/, you can connect with me on LinkedIn at
Review online appeal information to: from 2020-06-14T01:13:41
■ Learn how to prepare for or
submit documents for your
hearing.
■ View your Appeal Status.
■ Learn how and when to call
in for your hearing.
If you don’t have Interne...
Understanding Your Appeal Rights from 2020-06-14T01:12:53
If TWC sends a letter stating we cannot pay
benefits, you may appeal that decision by:
■ Submitting an online appeal form at
Listen
Other Issues That May Affect Your Eligibility . . . from 2020-06-14T01:02:37
Find more information at www.texasworkforce.org/unemploymentbenefits.
Foreign Trade
If you lost your job be...
Protecting Your Privacy from 2020-04-23T15:45:39
Protecting Your Privacy
Your claim is confidential. However, we share some information with
government agencies and contractors that administer and enforce
laws, including verifying ...
Repaying Overpayments from 2020-04-23T15:43:05
Repaying Overpayments
You must repay any overpayments before we can
pay you benefits. TWC sends a letter explaining why
you owe us money.
If you are filing for benefits and are...
Staying Eligible For Benefits from 2020-04-23T15:40:40
Staying Eligible for Benefits
To remain eligible, you must request payment as scheduled; respond when contacted;
be able, available, and actively seeking full-time work; and meet your wor...
Receiving Correspondence from 2020-04-23T15:29:14
Receiving Correspondence
You can choose how TWC sends unemployment benefits documents to you. You
will receive all documents and notices by U.S. mail unless you sign up to receive
co...
Paying Taxes On Your Benefits from 2020-04-23T15:27:23
Paying Taxes on Your Benefits
Your benefits are income you must report to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). We will
withhold 10 percent of your benefits for taxes if you complete and re...
Working And Reporting Income from 2020-04-23T15:22:20
Working and Reporting Income
You must report all of your hours worked and gross earnings each
time you request payment. Work is any kind of service for pay,
including, but not limite...
Working And Receiving Benefits from 2020-04-23T15:16:43
Working and Receiving Benefits
If you work part time, you can earn up to 25 percent of your weekly benefit amount
(WBA) before TWC reduces your benefit payment. For example, if your WBA i...
Tell Us You're Hired from 2020-04-21T15:54:38
Tell Us You’re Hired
When you find a full-time job, go to ui.texasworkforce.org, and select Request
your Waiting Week; or call 800-558-8321 and select Option 2, then Option 4;
or cal...
The Waiting Week from 2020-04-21T15:53:21
The Waiting Week
Texas law requires us to hold your benefits for the first payable week as the “waiting
week.” You will be paid for the waiting week after you have received two times your...
Keep It A Secret from 2020-04-21T15:48:27
Keep It A Secret
You are responsible for payments requested with your Social
Security number, PIN, and password, so don’t give that information
to anyone.
Payment Options from 2020-04-21T15:47:27
Payment Options
If you previously signed up for direct deposit or debit card, we use the account
information from the prior claim and send payment to the same debit card or bank
acco...
Requesting Payment from 2020-04-21T15:44:47
Requesting Payment
We mailed instructions for requesting payment every two weeks. Call Tele-Serv at
800-558-8321 on your scheduled day or use ui.texasworkforce.org any day of your claim
Ending A Disqualification from 2020-04-21T15:39:52
Ending a Disqualification
If TWC disqualifies you because of your job separation or other
reasons, you can request that we end the disqualification if
you return to work and:
■...
Investigating Your Claim from 2020-04-21T15:09:04
It can take about four weeks to determine whether you qualify. We must notify your
last employer and investigate your job separation and other issues that may affect your
eligibility. Whe...
Fraud Warnings from 2020-04-21T15:07:09
Fraud Warnings
Unemployment fraud is a serious crime that TWC aggressively pursues. If you commit
fraud, you lose all remaining benefits on your claim and must repay the benefits you
Listen
Able And Available Requirements from 2020-04-21T15:04:42
4. Able and Available Requirements
To be paid, you must be able, available, and actively seeking full-time work each
week you request payment. This means you:
■ are physically and me...
Work Search Requirements from 2020-04-21T15:01:07
3. Work Search Requirements
Unless exempt, you must register as a job seeker within three business days of
applying for benefits or you might not be paid. Register on WorkInTexas.com or ...
Professional Employer Organization from 2020-04-21T14:53:27
Professional Employer Organization (staff leasing firm)
If you last worked for a Professional Employer Organization,you must
contact that company immediately for a new assignment before y...
Temporary Help Agency from 2020-04-21T14:52:32
Temporary Help Agency
If you last worked for a temporary help agency, that agency has three
business days after your last assignment ends to offer a new assignment.
If you apply with...
Job Separations from 2020-04-21T14:50:53
2. Job Separations
To qualify for benefits, you must be either unemployed or
working reduced hours through no fault of your own, such as a
layoff, a reduction in hours not related to...
How TWC Calculates Your Benefit Amounts from 2020-04-21T14:48:37
How TWC Calculates Your Benefit Amounts
We calculate your weekly benefit amount (WBA) by finding
the base-period quarter with the highest total wages. Divide
that number by 25 and ro...
Base-Period Chart from 2020-04-21T14:46:11
BASE-PERIOD CHART
How to Figure Your Base Period
Your base period is the first four of the last five completed calendar quarters
before the start date of your claim. Your claim start...
Not A US Citizen? from 2020-04-21T14:44:26
Not a U.S. Citizen?
We can pay benefits only to U.S. citizens and
noncitizens working legally in the United States.
If you are not a citizen, we must verify your
Alien Registrat...
Base-Period Wages from 2020-04-21T14:42:40
1. Base-Period Wages
We send a Statement of Wages and Potential Benefit Amounts (benefit statement)
that shows whether you have enough wages during your base period (the first four
...
Qualifying For Unemployment Benefits from 2020-04-21T14:34:31
Qualifying for Unemployment Benefits
Unemployment benefits provide temporary income to qualified workers. You must
qualify in all of these areas to receive unemployment benefits:
1....
Truth In Filing from 2020-04-11T07:08:09
Truth In Filing
All information you give must be true and complete to
the best of your knowledge. There are penalties for
withholding information or giving false information,
in...
About The Handbook And TUCA from 2020-04-11T07:03:11
Unemployment Benefits Handbook. This Texas Workforce Commission (TWC)
Unemployment Handbook explains your rights and responsibilities. You are responsible
for knowing the information. Rea...
Table Of Contents from 2020-04-11T07:00:37
Table of Contents
Texas Workforce Solutions: Help for Job Seekers ................................................... 2
Helpful Numbers ......................................................
Helpful Numbers from 2020-04-11T06:59:55
Helpful Numbers
Tele-Center, CSR Help Line: (M-F, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.) 800-939-6631
Tele-Serv, Automated Phone 800-558-8321
(general information 24 hours a day) Check the status of your...
Commission-Approved Training Opportunities from 2020-04-11T06:59:33
Commission-Approved
Training Opportunities
If you are in Commissionapproved training, TWC
may exempt you from
work search and other
requirements. Contact
Workforce Sol...
Help For Job Seekers from 2020-04-11T06:59:05
Texas Workforce Solutions is a statewide network of one-stop centers that offer free job
services. The address of the nearest office is on the letter we sent with this handbook.
Staff at ...