Kentucky Education and Labor Cabinet, Office of Unemployment Insurance

Kentucky · Unemployment

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State Unemployment Benefits in Kentucky

The Office of Unemployment Insurance, within the Kentucky Education and Labor Cabinet, administers unemployment compensation through the Kentucky Career Center (kcc.ky.gov). A family reports a claimant's death to the office and asks how it will handle the account.

Steps to takeKey facts

Steps to take when someone dies

1
Report the claimant's death to the Office of Unemployment Insurance at 502-564-2900.
2
Ask the office directly what it requires, including whether weeks that were payable before the date of death can still be paid, and to whom.

State Unemployment Benefits in Kentucky: key facts

What Kentucky says2

Reporting a death

A family reports the claimant's death to the Office of Unemployment Insurance by phone and asks how the office will handle the account.1

Claimant portal

Claimants file and request benefits at the Kentucky Unemployment Insurance Portal, reached through kcc.ky.gov. Filing by phone is also available.2, 3, 4

Not in Kentucky's published guidance4

  • Benefits at and after the death
  • Who may claim a final payment
  • What happens to a payment issued after the death
  • An online death-reporting form

Sources4

  1. 1.Office of Unemployment Insurance (Kentucky Education and Labor Cabinet)
  2. 2.Kentucky Career Center unemployment services
  3. 3.Kentucky Unemployment Insurance Portal
  4. 4.Kentucky's Unemployment Insurance Self-Service Web

Kentucky unemployment benefits

Kentucky Education and Labor Cabinet, Office of Unemployment Insurance

Office

500 Mero Street, Frankfort, KY 40601
Verified Aug 2026

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