Learn how to calculate your own Arkansas weekly benefit amount.
The Arkansas Unemployment Insurance program is designed to offer insured workers who are unemployed temporary financial assistance while they search for work. Unfortunately, this program is not for all unemployed workers. To receive benefits you must meet certain requirements. These requirements are divided between legal and financial eligibility requirements.
Legal Requirements
The current budget makes it unlikely the EUC program will get a sixth extension.
Due to the increase in the unemployment rate in most states the federal government created the Emergency Unemployment Compensation program on June 30, 2008 as part of the Public Law 110-252. This program was originally intended to offer an extra 13 weeks of benefits to workers who exhausted their regular state unemployment insurance benefits. Since June, 2008, the unemployment rate continued to increase in most states creating a much more serious crisis for the employment market. This caused the federal government to extend and expand the Emergency Unemployment Compensation program further. Currently, we are in the fifth extension of the program, which now offers up to 53 weeks of compensation.
Arkansas Employment Services aim to provide unemployed workers with the missing pieces they need to find long-term employment.
The business of getting unemployed workers back in the work market is not only about providing financial help. That only deals with one of the symptoms of unemployment, and although having a source of income is crucial when searching for work, more is needed. Fortunately, the Arkansas Department of Workforce Services knows this and provides an extensive system of employment and support services designed to give unemployed workers the resources they need.
Find the closest Workforce Office to you and get the help you are entitled to.
Arkansas Department of Workforce Services provides multiple opportunities for employed workers who are trying to return to work. Unfortunately, not all workers know about the programs available and how to apply for them. This website seeks to remedy this by providing free, quality information on how to make the most of the opportunities the state of Arkansas offers its insured workers. Even if you are not an insured worker there are programs and services you can apply for. See our article on Arkansas State Services Available to Unemployed workers for a more in depth review of these programs.
The State of Arkansas provides a broad spectrum of services for unemployed workers.
As of March 2011 Arkansas shares rank 19th with Pennsylvania in the seasonally adjusted monthly ranking for unemployment rate of the United States, at 7.8 percent. Although comparatively low when compared with Nevada, 13.2 percent, and California, 12 percent, Arkansas is a hostile area for 106,200 unemployed workers looking to return to the work market. If you are currently searching for work in Arkansas, you need to take advantage of all the services available to you. That is what this website is about: providing you the help you need to make the most of the brakes you are entitled to.