Delaware Department of Labor, Division of Unemployment Insurance

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State Unemployment Benefits in Delaware

The Delaware Department of Labor administers unemployment insurance through its Division of Unemployment Insurance. A claimant must personally request each weekly benefit payment through TeleBenefits or WebBenefits, so payments stop when the weekly requests stop. A survivor or estate representative contacts the Division directly.

Steps to takeKey facts

Steps to take when someone dies

1
Report the claimant's death to the Delaware Division of Unemployment Insurance at 302-761-8446 or UIClaims@delaware.gov.
2
Ask the Division how it handles a claim after the claimant has died, and what it requires from a survivor or estate representative.
3
Expect the Division to seek repayment of any benefits the claimant was not entitled to receive (19 Del. C. § 3325(a)).

State Unemployment Benefits in Delaware: key facts

What Delaware says4

Reporting a death

A survivor or estate representative reports the claimant's death to the Division of Unemployment Insurance by phone or email and asks how the Division handles the claim.1

Benefits at and after the death

Because a claimant must personally request each weekly benefit payment through TeleBenefits or WebBenefits, payments stop when those requests stop.2

Claimant portal

Claimants use the WebBenefits claimant portal, linked from the Division of Unemployment Insurance site.1

Benefits are not paid automatically: the claimant must request each weekly benefit payment through TeleBenefits or WebBenefits, starting with the first week claimed.2

Overpayments

19 Del. C. § 3325(a) requires an individual finally determined to have received benefits they were not entitled to to repay the overpayment to the Department, whether it arose through fraud or mistake.3

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

Not in Delaware's published guidance3

  • A deceased-claimant procedure
  • A rule on a final payment to a survivor or estate
  • Documents for a final payment

Sources3

  1. 1.Division of Unemployment Insurance (Delaware Department of Labor)
  2. 2.UI Claimant Handbook (Delaware Division of Unemployment Insurance, rev. April 2020)
  3. 3.Del. Code tit. 19, ch. 33, subch. II (Unemployment Compensation)

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