How to File for Unemployment Insurance in Ohio

 

The state of Ohio offers you three different ways to file for Unemployment Insurance compensation in Ohio. The first and probably the easier one will be to visit the Ohio Unemployment Web site, which is located at the online unemployment office. You will need to have your social security number, along with the dates which you worked, the company name and address and your drivers license number or state identification card number to input into the online filing system.

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Filing online is far more easily accomplished than attending to the filing at the office of unemployment, as there are no lines, no need to leave home and no waiting or traveling.
You are encouraged to file for your unemployment compensation as soon as you are legally permitted. The state of Ohio does utilize a waiting week, so once you have filed for your unemployment compensation there will be one week which you are required to wait until you are eligible for a check.  What this means is that filing as soon as possible after being released from work is important in order to get your unemployment compensation moving as quickly as possible.

 

Waiting an extra week after being released from work simply means that your checks will take that much longer to arrive and some of the days which you might have gotten paid for will not be paid to you, since unemployment compensation begins only after you file and is not retroactive to take in days that you were laid off before you filed for your unemployment.

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The second way to file for unemployment compensation in Ohio will be by telephone. In some cases, this will be necessary.  You may file over the telephone to open your initial unemployment compensation claim in Ohio by telephoning:
 

1-877-OHIO-JOB (1-877-644-6562) toll-free the following days and times:

    Monday and Tuesday 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
    Wednesday – Friday 7:00 AM – 7:00 PM
    Saturday 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM

You may not collect unemployment insurance from Ohio Unemployment compensation if you live in Ohio  but your wages were not paid to you in Ohio. If this is the case for you, then you will need to file by visiting the web site of the state you worked in and file unemployment claims with them.

The third means of filing your unemployment insurance compensation claim in Ohio will be by visiting the Ohio Unemployment Offices, where you will be helped by the staff to file your initial claim for unemployment in Ohio. Although this is not the recommended method by Ohio, it is sometimes useful for those who are having problems filing online, or who are uncertain of the proper method of filing, or in cases of special circumstances.

Ohio unemployment insurance offices are listed on the Ohio Unemployment web site or in your telephone directory, and are available to you all across the state of Ohio, with several offices in each region of the state.

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