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this is the first time for many you tones to file for unemployment benefits and there are some unique circumstances that people who have filed before may not be aware of Fox 13's max Roth shows us some of the process max yeah some really important stuff about this Bob and Kelly you know there has simply never been a situation like this where so much of our economy is just stopped on purpose in order to fight a public health threat and I'm sure a lot of people are feeling the whiplash thinking what happened well more people than ever before are learning about the unemployment system firsthand these numbers are really extraordinary and I just want to put them into some context here so have a sense of what's really happening in Utah right now over the course of the last two weeks forty-eight thousand two hundred and fifty Utah is applied for unemployment for the first time so some more context the entire working age population of adults in st. George between 18 and 65 years old forty-five thousand nine forty three more people applied for unemployment than the entire adult population of Southern Utah's biggest city the basics of unemployment in and applications and benefits you your application confirms where you've been working for the last 18 months and how much you've made they will check with your previous employer the benefit is based on how much you earned in that time and basically they look at your highest paid quarter the maximum you get from Utah right now is about five hundred forty three dollars a week but six hundred dollars a week ultimately could be added onto that will be added on to that once the federal cares Act stimulus goes into effect so that's as much as eleven hundred forty three dollars a week you want to apply right away if you're unemployed because the benefits start accruing when you apply that week of your application and you need to check in once you do apply every single week to tell them you are still unemployed and you do that online here's the website jobs Utah gov jobs Utah gov you go down here to apply for assistance and just push learn more button and then unemployment insurance it'll take you right there that's what you want to look at and check your eligibility that will take you to a page where it talks about the federal cares Act and tells you essentially that that is going to kick in but it hasn't quite yet once it does if you are eligible you will get those benefits and you can just click down here am I eligible it'll take you through the process and if you have any questions every single day they're holding a virtual workshop an online workshop for anybody who wants to learn about unemployment it's a 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Monday through Friday and the cares Act changed some other really big things like if you are a gig employee you're an uber driver or something like that this still applies to you you can get unemployment benefits and if you're a self-employed person or a freelancer you can also get unemployment benefits where you couldn't before so it's worth going there if you're suffering and make sure you apply to see if you're eligible by the way they want you to not call after you apply because if you call and ask questions they say that's gonna slow down their ability to get everything ramped up and get everybody's payments coming live in the newsroom max Roth Fox 13 News you talk