Applying for Unemployment Benefits
We have been full timing for 7 years. Two years ago we had some unexpected expenses and decided to work camp. We work camped for Xanterra in Yellowstone for two seasons. When we left Yellowstone l...
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Personally, as a taxpayer in one of those evil western states, I want my government agencies protecting my tax dollars. I don't want carte blanche given to every unemployment application sent in. In Montana, and most other states there are employment requirements that must be met before a person is eligible for unemployment benefits. Apparently, Wyoming does not have the information necessary to start paying any benefits. It would be irresponsible for the state to pay out benefits until they had determined that a claim was valid. One of the biggest rules to a valid claim is the job must have ended and you must not have quit or been dismissed for cause. You could make an argument that when you accept a seasonal position, you have actually agreed to quit the job at the end of the season. So it is possible the claim could be denied simply because your position was seasonal.
As a general rule, you need to have worked for a certain number of hours for a certain number of employment quarters. The obvious reason for this is no reasonable person would expect the state to pay 26 weeks of unemployment benefits for someone who only worked a couple of days or weeks in the state. If you were only in the state for a few months, Wyoming may need to check with previous employment states to see if you actually have accumulated enough recent work hours and quarter to qualify for benefits. And since benefits are tied to income, I would doubt that even a qualified claim would result in a large amount of money being paid to the claimant.
As a general rule, you need to have worked for a certain number of hours for a certain number of employment quarters. The obvious reason for this is no reasonable person would expect the state to pay 26 weeks of unemployment benefits for someone who only worked a couple of days or weeks in the state. If you were only in the state for a few months, Wyoming may need to check with previous employment states to see if you actually have accumulated enough recent work hours and quarter to qualify for benefits. And since benefits are tied to income, I would doubt that even a qualified claim would result in a large amount of money being paid to the claimant.
