Find information about unemployment benefits in Texas, including eligibility requirements, how to report work and earnings, and appeal procedures. Use our online services to apply for benefits, request payments, view claim and payment status and more.
Learn About Unemployment Benefits
Find information about unemployment benefits including how to apply, qualify, request and receive payments, and estimate your weekly benefit amount.
Learn about:
- Eligibility & benefit amounts
- Applying for unemployment benefits
- Learning the result of your application for benefits
- Federal income taxes & your unemployment benefits
- Ongoing eligibility requirements for receiving unemployment benefits
- How to request benefit payments
- How to report your work & earnings
- Unemployment benefits fraud
Video Tutorials and Additional Resources
Find announcements and benefits information from TWC.
- Find other resources for the unemployed
- View more unemployment news
- If your employment has been affected by the coronavirus (COVID-19)
- How to Verify Your Identity When Requested
- How to Report Unemployment Benefits Identity Fraud
- How to Apply For Unemployment Benefits
- How to Create a User ID
- How to Reset your Unemployment Benefit Services PIN
Use Online Unemployment Benefits Services
Use the Internet to apply for benefits, estimate your benefits, request payments, view claim and payment status, change your payment option and more.
Appeal an Unemployment Benefits Decision
Find everything you need to know about appealing a TWC decision about your unemployment benefits or checking appeal status.
Learn about:
Make Your Work Search Count
Get tips on making your work search successful. Make sure you meet your work search requirements by logging your efforts. Download a work search log to keep track of your work search activities while you are receiving benefits.
Find Help If You Lost Your Job Because of Foreign Trade
If you lost your job because of increased foreign imports or shifts in production to foreign countries, you may be eligible for Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA), a federal program that helps workers find suitable new work. TAA benefits may include retraining, the Health Coverage Tax Credit, job search and relocation allowances, and weekly benefits called Trade Readjustment Allowance (TRA).
- Learn about help if you lost your job because of foreign trade
- Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) Handbook 2016
View Other Unemployment Benefits Information
Research topics that may affect your application for benefits or help you with your ongoing claim.
Your Application for Benefits
- Basics of unemployment benefits
- How money from other sources can affect your benefits
- If you earned wages in more than one state
- If you worked in Texas but live in another state or Canada
- If you worked for the federal government
- If you served in the military
- If you worked for a school
- If your last work was temporary employment
- If you are involved in a labor dispute or strike
- If you are unemployed due to a disaster
Your Ongoing Claim
- Stop your claim
- Overpayment of unemployment benefits
- Unemployment benefits fraud
- Receiving benefit payments by direct deposit
- Receiving benefit payments by debit card
- Managing your benefits password & PIN
- Income taxes & your unemployment benefits
- How to end a disqualification
- Simple Mistakes or Identity Fraud
- Extended unemployment benefits
- Find other resources for the unemployed
- Learn about the Benefit Accuracy Measurement Program
Service
Publications & Forms
- Work Search Log
- Federal tax withholding form for your unemployment benefits
- Unemployment Benefits Handbook
- Unemployment Benefits at a Glance brochure
Report Fraud or ID Fraud
- Report Unemployment ID Fraud.
- Read about Unemployment Benefits Identity Fraud.
- Report suspected fraud, waste or program abuse within a TWC program
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