ANNOUNCEMENT: The vendor through which the State of Arizona utilizes to print and mail correspondence is experiencing a nationwide system outage. Until this issue is resolved, most notices, forms and paper checks from DES will be impacted. We continue to work closely with our vendor throughout the process to ensure minimal disruption to our clients and partners. We are also connecting with other vendors who are able to provide services during the outage. The services DES provides are not impacted by this incident and remain accessible to the public. We appreciate your patience and understanding.
Unemployment benefit payments are made to workers (claimants) who are temporarily unemployed through no fault of their own and attempting to re-enter the labor force. As an employer, your Arizona unemployment taxes pay the entire cost of unemployment benefits paid. By law, unemployment taxes cannot be withheld from the wages you pay workers.
Since it is your taxes that are used to pay benefits to your former workers, it is to your advantage to become familiar with the benefit provisions of the Unemployment Insurance program.
Before an individual can receive unemployment benefit payments, several basic requirements must be met:
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