State Unemployment Benefits in Nebraska

Reporting a death

NDOL Unemployment Insurance Claims takes reports of a claimant's death by phone or email so payments stop. The claims line and the general assistance form on the department's Contact Us page are the documented channels.¹

Claimant portal

Nebraska administers unemployment insurance through NEworks.^{2, 3}

Benefits at and after the death

219 NAC requires a separate weekly claim for each week of unemployment, signed or attested to by the claimant.⁴

Weeks the claimant never certified are not payable, so a death typically ends the claim rather than leaving a lump sum outstanding.⁴

The Department handles case by case whether anything remains payable for weeks the claimant certified before death.³

Overpayments

Section 48-665(1) makes benefits paid for weeks the claimant was not entitled to repayable to the Commissioner.⁵

Under section 48-665, such sums are recoverable by civil action, offset against future benefits, or setoff against a state or federal income tax refund.⁵

Governing law: Neb. Rev. Stat. 48-601 to 48-683 (Employment Security Law); 219 NAC

• Who may claim a final payment
• Documents for a final payment
• A deadline
• An online death-reporting form

1. 1.Contact Us (Nebraska Department of Labor)
2. 2.NEworks
3. 3.Unemployment Insurance Benefits (Nebraska Department of Labor)
4. 4.219 NAC, Benefits (Nebraska Department of Labor), chapter 2 effective 09-30-2020
5. 5.Neb. Rev. Stat. 48-665