Alabama Department of Workforce, Unemployment Compensation Division
Alabama · Unemployment
workforce.alabama.gov/divisions/unemployment-compensationState Unemployment Benefits in Alabama
The Alabama Department of Workforce (formerly the Alabama Department of Labor) administers unemployment compensation. When a claimant dies with benefits still owed, the survivor contacts the Department's Legal Division, which instructs them on how to file for the benefits owed to the deceased.
Steps to take when someone dies
State Unemployment Benefits in Alabama: key facts
What Alabama says3
- Reporting a death
The Department's unemployment FAQ directs a survivor to contact the Legal Division of the Alabama Department of Workforce when a relative who was a claimant dies with a balance on the debit card.1, 2
- Benefits at and after the death
The Legal Division instructs the survivor on how to file for the benefits owed to the deceased, including any balance left on the claimant's AL Vantage debit card.1, 2
- Claimant portal
Claimants use the Department's claimant portal at uiclaimantportal.labor.alabama.gov.3
Other offices involved1
- Alabama Department of Workforce, Legal Division
Instructs survivors on how to file for the benefits owed to a deceased claimant1, 2
Phone: 1-334-956-7470
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