Unemployment if you quit or were fired in Wyoming

Quit, fired or refused work

If you quit

If you quit your most recent job without good cause attributable directly to your employment, you are disqualified.

Examples the state names:

• Bona fide medical reasons involving your health
• Returning to approved training
• Being forced to leave because you are a victim of documented domestic violence
• Moving because your spouse, a member of the U.S. armed forces or National Guard, was transferred too far to commute

If you were fired

If DWS finds you were fired from your most recent job for misconduct connected with your work, you are disqualified. DWS reviews the reason using information from you and your employer.

If benefits are denied for the separation

Quit without good cause, or refusing or not applying for suitable work: no benefits until you work for an employer and earn at least 8 times your weekly benefit amount. Fired for misconduct: no benefits until you work for an employer and earn at least 12 times your weekly benefit amount.

Refusing work

Failing without good cause to apply for or accept suitable work disqualifies you until you earn 8 times your weekly benefit amount in new work. After 4 weeks, this includes work outside your usual occupation paying at least 50% of your previous pay; union members must consider non-union work after 12 weeks.

Law: Wyo. Stat. 27-3-311(a), (f), 27-3-312

Official source: Source page

You usually must be unemployed through no fault of your own. In most states this means you lost your job because there was not enough work.

Able, available and looking for work

Job contacts per week: 2

Each week you must complete at least two qualifying work search activities, such as applying or submitting a resume to two or more different employers, interviewing, attending a DWS job fair or hiring event, meeting a DWS Workforce Specialist, or taking part in approved reemployment services. Self-employment activities do not count. After four weeks, you may have to accept suitable work outside your usual job that pays at least 50% of your previous wage (or minimum wage or the normal starting wage, whichever is highest).

Records to keep

Keep a written record of your work search (date, company name and address, how you made contact, person contacted, position, job number, whether you submitted an application or resume, and the result). DWS can ask for it at any time. The guidebook includes a Weekly Work Search Log.

Law: Wyo. Stat. 27-3-306(a)(i), 27-3-311(a)(v)

Official source: Source page

To be paid for a week, you must be able to work, available to work and actively seeking work.

Law: 42 U.S.C. 503(a)(12)

Noncitizens

What the state says

If you are not a U.S. citizen, have your work authorization documents ready when you apply. DWS confirms eligibility status for noncitizens.

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