Lose your job after August 31, 2008? The federal government economic stimulus package may pay 65 percent of monthly health insurance premiums for nine months if you lose your job and choose to continue your employer health plan through COBRA or state continuation.

In the Online Claim System you can:
-File a new application
-Claim a week of benefits
-Restart a claim
-Check the status of your claim
-Apply for direct deposit
-Change your address

The Employment Department is closed on July 3, 2009 in observance of Independence Day. Payment will be delayed for those individuals who claim a week of benefits on Thursday, July 2 or Friday, July 3. Allow one additional business day for payment to arrive before contacting your UI Center.

Many of you receive unemployment insurance benefits on Reliacard. Any email or text message that asks you to confirm, verify, or otherwise provide personal information (also known as phishing) regarding your Reliacard account is a fraud.

US BANK will never ask you for sensitive account information via email, phone or text message. The Employment Department will never ask you for your Passwords, PIN Numbers or Bank Account Number information via email, phone or text message.

If you have any questions about any message received from US Bank, call the phone number on the back of your ReliaCard Visa Debit card (1-866-276-5114). If you have any questions about any message received from the Oregon Employment Department, call your UI Center.

EUC Tier 1 provides up to 20 weeks of additional benefits to claimants exhausting regular benefits, or whose regular claim expired after May 1, 2007. The last week to apply for EUC Tier 1 benefits is the week of December 20-26, 2009.

EUC Tier 2 provides up to 13 weeks of additional benefits to claimants who exhaust Tier 1 benefits with the payment of the week December 13-19, 2009, or before. You do not need to apply for Tier 2 benefits.

EB provides an additional 13* weeks of additional benefits to claims that expire after May 1, 2007.

*High EB expands EB from 13 to 20 weeks of benefits starting February 15, 2009.

To receive any extenstion, you cannot qualify for regular unemployment insurance benefits in Oregon or any other state.

How does the Federal Stimulus Package affect people receiving unemployment benefits in Oregon? For more information on the Stimulus Package and its effects on unemployment, click on the link below.