How to Reopen Your Unemployment Case in Delaware

If you find a job while you are receiving unemployment benefits in Delaware, you must stop filing your weekly claim forms. When you do this, the unemployment claim is closed but can be reopened at any time during your benefit year, which is the 12-month period that starts when you file the initial claim. Anytime you stop filing your claim forms, regardless of the reason, your unemployment case is closed. Upon reopening the claim, you will begin to receive weekly claim forms again.

Instructions

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Use the Delaware Department of Labor website to reopen your claim online (see Resources). You can reopen a claim online only if you have not had any employment since your claim was last open. An instance of when you would be eligible to use the online system is if you forgot to file a weekly claim form, which closed your entire claim. Then you would be eligible for reopening the claim online.

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Write down the dates you worked, the employer name, employer address and reason for separation for each job you held since your claim was last open.

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Take your recent job details with you to your local Delaware Department of Labor office location. As of May 2011, four offices exist in the state. Use the Delaware Department of Labor website to identify the location nearest you (see Resources). Once at your local office, ask to reopen your unemployment claim. You must present photo ID to verify your identity.