Pandemic Unemployment Assistance Updates

Unemployment
May 7, 2020

For those of you who have already received your UC-58 form, step two is now available. The portal is up.

If you’re self-employed and have not yet filed for Unemployment Insurance, the federal rules state you must file first through Connecticut’s unemployment system to receive a denial. The denial then qualifies you for federal unemployment. Click here to get started on the CT Department of Labor website. If you’re self-employed and filed a claim application, you don’t need to file again. A step-by-step process is outlined below:

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Here are some things to remember:

  1. Self-employed individuals MUST file for state benefits first, and be denied. Denied means receiving a UC-58 in the mail. If the filed on Saturday, or more recently, the DOL has not processed it yet.
  2. If they believe they received a UC-58, but do not have it anymore/can’t find it; that’s OK they can still file.
  3. They can then hit the red button. Here is what happens next:
    1. They click “Instructions and File PUA” in the Quick Links box
    2. That will take them to the instructions. They should read these….
    3. They will then need to go to the Connecticut Tax and Benefits System set-up an account, and determine how they would like to be paid. They will get their money quicker if they choose direct deposit. If they chose debit card, it can take 10 days to several weeks for them to get the card.
    4. After that, they can keep moving down that instructions page and click “Continue” at the bottom.
    5. They should then read the next page, and at the bottom click “Proceed to ReemployCT”
    6. They will need to create an account, and then they can file.
  4. If the person is 100% sure that they got a UC-58, but when they file their PUA claim it says “Regular Unemployment Benefits claim not found," please respond to this email and we will forward it on to the DOL.

The DOL is verifying tax information with DRS. In the meantime, individuals will receive the minimum ($198) plus $600. Once DRS verifies how much the self-employed individual earned, they will adjust the benefit and that will be retroactive.