State Unemployment Benefits in Delaware

State Unemployment Benefits in Delaware: key facts

Administering agency

Delaware Department of Labor, Division of Unemployment Insurance.

Phone and email

302-761-8446 (statewide UI information hotline); UIClaims@delaware.gov

Online filing

WebBenefits claimant portal at uicc.delawareworks.com/Consumer/Default.aspx, linked from the Division of Unemployment Insurance site.

Weekly benefit requests

Benefits are not paid automatically — the claimant must request each weekly benefit payment through TeleBenefits or WebBenefits, starting with the first week claimed.

After a death

Delaware publishes no deceased-claimant procedure: the Division's claimant handbook (revised April 2020), its Claimant FAQs, and the unemployment statute (19 Del. C. ch. 33) contain no rule on a final payment to a survivor or estate. Contact the Division at 302-761-8446 or UIClaims@delaware.gov and ask how it handles the claim.

Overpayments

If it is finally determined that an individual received benefits they were not entitled to, the individual must repay the overpayment to the Department, whether it arose through fraud or mistake (19 Del. C. § 3325(a)).

Governing law: Del. Code tit. 19, ch. 33 (Unemployment Compensation), § 3325