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| Unemployment Insurance |
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Purpose
Oregon´s Unemployment Insurance Program provides unemployment benefits to eligible workers who are unemployed through no fault of their own and meet other eligibility requirements of Oregon law.
- Unemployment insurance payments (benefits) are intended to provide temporary financial assistance to unemployed workers who meet the requirements of state law.
- Each state administers a separate unemployment insurance program within guidelines established by Federal law.
- Eligibility for unemployment insurance, benefit amounts and the length of time benefits are available are determined by the state law under which unemployment insurance claims are established.
Eligibility
Your unemployment insurance claim will be based on your recent work record for the 12-month period known as the base year. The base year is four calendar quarters (January through March, April through June, July through September, and October through December).
For Oregon claims, the base year is the first four of the last five calendar quarters completed at the time you first file your claim. For example, if you file a new claim during May, your base year is all four quarters of the prior calendar year. To qualify, your work and wages during this base period must meet one of the following two tests:
- Total base period wages of at least one and one half times the wages in the highest quarter in the base period and at least $1000 in wages earned in subject employment, or
- 500 hours of subject employment
Filing a Claim
You should contact the Oregon Employment Department as soon as possible after becoming unemployed.
In Oregon, you may file an initial claim for unemployment benefits by:
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