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Unemployment Services |
| The Unemployment Services division provides financial assistance and employment services to jobless workers. |
ArkLine |
| By using your touch-tone telephone Department of Workforce Services provides a quick and efficient way to file your weekly claim for benefits. ArkLine provides you with updated information. In addition, ArkLine can be used to verify when your weekly claim was processed. |
ArkNet |
ArkNet is the web-based continued claim application for Arkansas Unemployment Insurance weekly benefits via the Internet. If you currently have a valid Arkansas claim for Unemployment Insurance, you may choose to file for weekly benefits online. To use ArkNet, Arkansas's continued claims website, you must have access to a computer, a printer, and an Internet Connection. |
Claim Help |
| Claim Help: A guide to understanding Arkansas' Unemployment Insurance (UI) program. The Department of Workforce Services makes it easy for you to learn what you need to know about filing a claim for benefits. Just choose a topic from the links provided. |
Disaster Unemployment Assistance |
Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA) is a federally-funded program administered by the U.S. Department of Labor and State Employment Security Agencies under the disaster relief and emergency assistance act of 1974, as amended by the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Act of 1988. DUA provides financial assistance and employment services to jobless workers and the self employed when they are unemployed as a direct result of a major natural disaster. |
Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) |
| Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) is a benefit for those workers who lose their jobs or whose hours of work and wages are reduced as a result of increased imports. TAA includes a variety of benefits and reemployment services to help unemployed workers prepare for and obtain suitable employment. Workers may receive assistance in skill assessment, job search workshops, job development/referral and job placement. In addition, workers may be eligible for training, job search allowance, a relocation allowance, and other reemployment services. |
Trade Readjustment Allowance (TRA) |
Trade Readjustment Allowances (TRA) are a form of Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) that is paid to an eligible adversely affected worker on a weekly basis after he/she exhausts entitlement to regular unemployment compensation, including state and federal extensions. There are two types of TRA paid to adversely affected workers -- basic and additional. |
UI Claimant Forms |
| The UI Claimant Forms page contains adobe acrobat (.PDF) downloadable versions of forms that claimants will need as well as instructions on how to properly fill out those forms. |
Contact UI |
| The Contact UI Page has information for both Unemployment Claim Assistance and Employer Account Assistance |
Additional Sites |
Filing Unemployment Insurance Claim North American Free Trade Agreement Workforce Services Regulations Department of Workforce Services Law - |