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• Sign up for direct deposit

  Receive your unemployment benefits by direct deposit Please note: You may choose to receive your unemployment benefits by direct deposit or on a debit card. Prior to choosing how you would like to receive your benefits, you must review the debit card disclosure information that explains all the fees relating to the benefits card program.  How to sign up You must sign up for direct deposit online. Sign up when you apply for unemployment benefits. You’ll need your bank or credit...

• Phone application questions

  Questions we ask when you apply by phone Here are all of the questions and prompts you may hear when you apply for benefits by phone. Initial introduction and instruction Answer all questions truthfully. Failure to provide accurate information could result in errors on your claim. You will hear an introduction and with some valuable information. Please listen to all of it so you can make sure the choice you make is correct. Welcome to the Washington Unemployment Claims Center and Automated...

• Consent agreements

  Summaries of consent agreements resulting from lawsuits against Employment Security Duncan vs. Turner | Nava settlement | O'Brien, et al, vs. ESD | Othello Community Hospital | Pregnancy/disability    Duncan vs. Turner In 1987, the legislature passed a law giving claimants the option of filing for an alternate base year. Before this law was passed, if a claimant didn't have 680 hours worked in their base period (first four of...