Utah Department of Workforce Services, Unemployment Insurance Division

Utah · Unemployment

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State Unemployment Benefits in Utah

The Utah Department of Workforce Services (DWS) administers unemployment insurance through its Unemployment Insurance Division. Contact the Claims Assistance and Re-Employment (CARE) Team to report the death and to ask what DWS requires for any balance on the claim. Benefits paid to a claimant who was not entitled to them create an overpayment.

Steps to takeKey facts

Steps to take when someone dies

1
Call the CARE Team — 801-526-4400 (Salt Lake/South Davis), 801-612-0877 (Weber/North Davis), 801-375-4067 (Utah County), or 888-848-0688 (balance of state) — to report the claimant's death.
2
Ask DWS what it requires for any balance on the claim, and what documentation it needs from the estate. The department's answer on the claim controls.
3
Watch for an overpayment notice. Benefits paid to a claimant who was not entitled to them create an overpayment, and the notice carries repayment and appeal instructions.

State Unemployment Benefits in Utah: key facts

What Utah says2

Claimant portal

Claimants file a new or reopened claim, file weekly claims, upload a file and reach Live Chat at jobs.utah.gov/ui/home.1

The UI Claimant Guide states claims are not taken over the phone and directs claimants to file at jobs.utah.gov.2

The UI home page states the only ways to apply, enter direct deposit information, or make changes are through the official state website or by calling the CARE Team.1

Overpayments

Benefits paid to a claimant who was not entitled to them create an overpayment.2

An overpayment notice contains repayment and appeal instructions, and overpayments can be paid online at jobs.utah.gov.2

Not in Utah's published guidance3

  • How to report a death
  • Benefits at and after the death
  • Documents for a final payment

Sources2

  1. 1.Unemployment Insurance (Utah Department of Workforce Services)
  2. 2.UI Claimant Guide (Utah Department of Workforce Services)

Utah unemployment benefits

Utah Department of Workforce Services, Unemployment Insurance Division

CARE Team (Weber and North Davis Counties)

1-801-612-0877

CARE Team (Utah County)

1-801-375-4067

Collections Department (overpayments)

1-801-526-9235
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