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Last Worked for a Temporary Agency
To be eligible for benefits, each time you complete a full-time or part-time assignment for a temporary help agency you must:
- Contact the temporary help agency according to the agency guidelines no later than the next business day.
- Allow the temporary help agency three business days after your last assignment ends to offer you a new assignment before you apply for benefits. Waiting three days does not apply if you have an active claim and are submitting payment requests.
Temporary help agencies are required to tell you the following:
- You must contact the temporary help agency immediately after the completion of each assignment to receive another assignment.
- You may not qualify for unemployment benefits if you do not follow all of the temporary help agency’s procedures.
Apply for benefits in one of two ways:
- Apply online at Unemployment Benefit Services by selecting Apply for Benefits. Read the Applying for Unemployment Benefits Tutorial
for help applying online. - Call a Tele-Center at 800-939-6631 and speak to a customer service representative.
Last Worked for a Staff Leasing Company
When a company pays you through a staff leasing company, the name of the leasing company is on your paycheck or pay stub and the leasing company is your employer. That means you must follow the staff leasing company’s rules, including those on requesting and completing assignments.
To be eligible for benefits, each time you complete an assignment for a staff leasing company you must contact the staff leasing company no later than the next business day for a new assignment. The staff leasing company, or the business for which you completed the assignment, must give you a written notice advising you of this requirement after each assignment ends.
Apply for benefits in one of two ways:
- Apply online at Unemployment Benefit Services by selecting Apply for Benefits. Read the Applying for Unemployment Benefits Tutorial for help applying online.
- Call a Tele-Center at 800-939-6631 and speak to a customer service representative.