The Oklahoma Employment Security Commission (OESC) has announced that workers in Carter, Cleveland, Grady, Lincoln, McClain, Murray, Oklahoma, Payne and Stephens counties who lost work or earnings due to wildfires that occurred in the state, beginning April 9 and continuing through April 12, have until the close of business July 24 to apply for disaster unemployment assistance (DUA) under Presidential Disaster Declaration FEMA-1846-DR.
To be eligible for DUA under Presidential Disaster Declaration FEMA-1846-DR, individuals must:
• have worked or been scheduled to work in the disaster area, but because of the disaster no longer have a job or a place to work in the area, or could not get to the place of work because of disaster damage;
• have been prevented from working by an injury or illness as a direct result of the disaster; or
• have become the head of the household and need employment because the head of the household died as a result of the disaster.
To claim DUA, unemployment of an affected individual must be a direct result of one of the following:
• physical damage or destruction of the place of employment;
• physical inaccessibility of the place of employment due to its closure by the federal, state or local government in immediate response to the disaster; or
• lack of work or loss of revenues, if prior to the disaster the employer or self-employed business received at least a majority of its revenue or income from an entity in the major disaster area that was damaged or destroyed in the disaster or an entity in the major disaster area closed by the federal, state or local government.
• have worked or been scheduled to work in the disaster area, but because of the disaster no longer have a job or a place to work in the area, or could not get to the place of work because of disaster damage;
• have been prevented from working by an injury or illness as a direct result of the disaster; or
• have become the head of the household and need employment because the head of the household died as a result of the disaster.
To claim DUA, unemployment of an affected individual must be a direct result of one of the following:
• physical damage or destruction of the place of employment;
• physical inaccessibility of the place of employment due to its closure by the federal, state or local government in immediate response to the disaster; or
• lack of work or loss of revenues, if prior to the disaster the employer or self-employed business received at least a majority of its revenue or income from an entity in the major disaster area that was damaged or destroyed in the disaster or an entity in the major disaster area closed by the federal, state or local government.
This is very important news to employees and business owners alike. Even if you are a self employed business owner you have the opportunity to collect benefits. You will need your income tax returns for the past two years and your social security number.
If you would like help with filing for this benefit or have any questions, give us a call and we will help you file your claim.
Written on Friday, 26 June 2009 12:07 by OKC Comp Lawyer
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