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. Delaware publishes no procedure for a deceased claimant, so a survivor or estate representative contacts the Division directly.
Administering agency
Delaware Department of Labor — Division of Unemployment Insurance
Authority
Del. Code tit. 19, ch. 33 (Unemployment Compensation), § 3325
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
Steps to take when someone dies
- Report the claimant's death to the Delaware Division of Unemployment Insurance at 302-761-8446 or UIClaims@delaware.gov.
- Ask the Division how it handles a claim after the claimant has died, and what it requires from a survivor or estate representative — Delaware publishes no written procedure for this.
- Expect the Division to seek repayment of any benefits the claimant was not entitled to receive (19 Del. C. § 3325(a)).
Delaware Department of Labor — Division of Unemployment Insurance
Phone: 302-761-8446
Visit the agency website →Frequently asked questions
The Delaware Department of Labor administers unemployment insurance through its Division of Unemployment Insurance. The statewide UI information hotline is 302-761-8446, and questions can be emailed to UIClaims@delaware.gov.
Delaware does not publish a deceased-claimant procedure — its claimant handbook, Claimant FAQs, and unemployment statute (19 Del. C. ch. 33) are silent on final payments to a survivor or estate. Because a claimant must personally request each weekly benefit payment through TeleBenefits or WebBenefits, payments stop when those requests stop. Contact the Division at 302-761-8446 or UIClaims@delaware.gov to report the death and ask how it handles the claim; benefits an individual was not entitled to receive must be repaid (19 Del. C. § 3325(a)).
Sources
Data sourced from State Unemployment Benefits in Delaware primary sources (4 pages reviewed). How we research.
Administering agency
Delaware Department of Labor — Division of Unemployment Insurance
Authority
Del. Code tit. 19, ch. 33 (Unemployment Compensation), § 3325