Filing Your Weekly Unemployment Claim with ESD You must submit an unemployment claim every week while participating in SharedWork, even if you are working full-time hours. Between 12 a.m. Sunday and 11:59 p.m. Saturday each week, log into the Employee Security Department website (https://www.esd.wa.gov/) and file a claim for the previous week (Sunday through Saturday prior) by clicking on “You have a UI weekly claim to file” in the “Alerts” or “My accounts” section. Below is a step-by-step guide to each page that follows:

How to submit 1 Fraud warning 2 6 Self-employment questions Review page. Review page and for (specific Sunday to Saturday period) click “I agree.” Did you work in self-employment or casual labor, whether you have been paid or not? • Respond truthfully.

Paid time off for (specific Sunday to Saturday period) 3 Did you or will you receive paid time off for sick, vacation or holiday pay? Jury duty questions for (specific

• Click “No” if you did not use any sick, vacation or holiday time in the specific 7 Sunday to Saturday period) week. Have you been or will you be paid for jury duty? • Click “Yes” if you used at least one of those paid time off options in the specific week. • Respond truthfully. o For each paid time off option, you will be asked: Did you or will you receive (holiday/sick/vacation) pay? For any paid time off option you select “Yes,” you will be asked to select the employer that paid you for the time off: Workers’ compensation 1. Select “TRANSPORTATION” and a window will pop up. If you do not see 8 questions for (specific Sunday to “TRANSPORTATION,” click “Add another employer” and select “TRANSPORTATION.” Saturday period) *If WSDOT is not your only employer, you will have to select that employer Did you apply for or receive workers’ as well if you took any paid time off with them in the previous week. compensation for an on-the-job injury? 2. Enter the amount of (holiday/sick/vacation) hours used and multiply • Respond truthfully. that number by your hourly rate (provided to you by your local HR in an email on June 26) to report your gross earnings (e.g. An employee who used 4 hours of sick pay with an hourly rate of $50.00 would report $200.00 gross earnings). Retirement pay questions for 9 (specific Sunday to Saturday period) Other than Social Security, did you apply for or have a change in a retirement plan not Pay after last day worked for previously reported? 4 (specific Sunday to Saturday period) • Respond truthfully. Are you getting paid for any period after you last worked, such as severance pay, pay in lieu of notice, or termination pay? • Click “No” if you are still employed by WSDOT and not receiving severance pay, pay in lieu of notice, or termination pay from another employer. 10 School and training • Clicking “Yes” will prompt the following questions: questions for (specific Sunday to o Is there a contract that requires your employer or union to make these Saturday period) payments? Did you begin attending a school or training o Is your employer paying you through a notice period? program? o Has your employer attached any stipulations to the pay, such as havingo t • Respond truthfully. remain available for work for any period of time after your last day worked? o Would these payments stop if you accepted new employment before the payment period ends? Able and available questions 11 for (specific Sunday to Saturday period) Work for employers for (specific Sunday to 5 For each of your employers, you will be asked: Saturday period) Were you physically able and available to work all hours scheduled by (employer)? Did you work for any employer(s), whether you have been paid or not? • Click “Yes” even if you took paid time off in • Click “Yes” if you worked for WSDOT and/or another employer(s) in the the specific week. specific week and you will be asked to select the employers you worked for: • Clicking “No” will result in you needing to 1. Select “TRANSPORTATION” and a window will pop up. If you do not see complete a questionnaire. Based on your “TRANSPORTATION,” click “Add another employer” and select answers, a decision will be made to either “TRANSPORTATION.” allow you benefits for the week or you

*If WSDOT is not your only employer, you will have to select any other could receive a denial. employer(s) and complete #2 below for each. 2. Enter the amount of hours worked and multiply that number by your hourly rate (provided to you by your local HR in an email on June 26) to report your gross earnings (e.g. An employee who worked 28 hours with an hourly rate of $50.00 would report 28x50=$1,400.00 gross earnings). 12 Job search questions for Here’s how many hours to report as worked for various examples in a (specific Sunday to Saturday period) 40-hour work week: Did you refuse any offer of work from your

• Week with no furlough: SharedWork employer? No paid-time ff:o 40 o • Click “No.” o One holiday: 32 o Two holidays: 24 o One holiday and one day of sick or vacation (eight hours off): 24 Summary for (specific Sunday to o One half day of sick or vacation (four hours off): 36 13 Saturday period) o Entire week of vacation (40 hours off): 0 (be sure to have entered 40 hours of paid time off in the previous question) Carefully review all the information you just • Week with furlough submitted for your weekly claim. o No paid-time off: 32 o One holiday: 24 o Two holidays: 16 o One holiday and one day of sick or vacation (eight hours off): 16 Submit 14 Click “Submit.” o One half day of sick or vacation (four hours off): 28 o Entire week of vacation (32 hours off + eight hours furlough): 0 3. Click “No” to: Did your work for this employer end, even temporarily? • Click “Yes” only if you took leave without pay with WSDOT and/or For more details and information, check out the another employer(s) for the entire specific week. WSDOT SharedWork Program presentation: https://prezi.com/view/XqmpAUdyLn7kZUO8pgTx/ 20-07-0188