Nebraska Unemployment Extension
If you are a resident of Nebraska, have been drawing unemployment benefits, and about exhausted your benefit amount, you will be relieved to know that you may be eligible for a Nebraska Unemployment Extension.
Currently, Nebraska residents can be eligible to receive up to 26 weeks of unemployment benefits from their initial unemployment claim if they meet the eligibility requirements. The filing date for emergency unemployment compensation has recently been extended until December 31, 2009. Prior to that, the filing date for extended benefits was March 31, 2009. You may now be eligible for up to 20 weeks of additional unemployment benefits if you continue to meet the eligibility requirements of not having a job and being available and willing for work. The Nebraska unemployment extension has been granted by Federal legislation because of the current rate of nationwide unemployment. The extension is funded by the Federal Government. The current unemployment rate in the state of Nebraska is 4.2 percent, but it is much higher in other states.
If you are eligible for the Nebraska unemployment extension, you will be receiving notification of it before your regular benefit weeks are used up. When you are notified, call the NE Claims Center to file for your extension. The toll free number to the Claims Center is 1-877-725-9918.
If you are filing an NE unemployment claim for the first time, you can also file online by going to https://uibenefits.nwd.ne.gov/BPSWeb/jsp/BPSClaimantWelcome.jsp.
Be ready to supply your social security number and driver’s license number. You will also need to select a PIN because it will be needed to access your account. You have to have drawn out your total benefit amount before you will be eligible to file for a Nebraska unemployment extension. To qualify for an initial NE claim, you cannot have been fired or quit your job.