Unemployment Insurance

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Was your separation from employment in any way related to a situation involving domestic or sexual violence?

The Vermont Department of Labor also operates a special benefit program for individuals who have been forced to leave their employment due to domestic or sexual violence. This is known as the Domestic and Sexual Violence Survivors’ Transitional Employment Program.

As part of the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance Program (known as PUA), Congress and the United States Department of Labor require that PUA program participants provide the Vermont Department of Labor with proper documentation to support program eligibility.

ALL claimants who received PUA benefits in calendar year 2021 are require to provide this documentation to “substantiating employment or self-employment, or the planned commencement of employment or self-employment.”