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You can check the status of your claim, including the payment issue date, in your online Get Kansas Benefits account. If your online account indicates that payment has been issued, but you have not received the funds, please contact your financial institution.

Claimants receiving unemployment benefits are required to actively search for work and report at least one work search activity for each week they claim benefits.

Monday – Friday AgencyPhoneTopeka Area(785) 575-1460Kansas City Area(913) 596-3500Wichita Area(316) 383-9947Outside Local Areas(800) 292-63339 more rows

File for unemployment benefits as soon as you become unemployed, but you cannot file before your final workday is completed. Your claim is effective the week you file, not the week you become unemployed. Do not wait to file. If you wait, you will not receive waiting period credit or payment for those weeks.

To be eligible for unemployment benefits, an individual must have worked sufficiently within the last 18 months. The individual can apply for benefits, and KDOL will determine whether they have sufficient earnings during that time period to be entitled to benefits.

If you quit your job, you will be disqualified from receiving unemployment benefits unless you had good cause relating to your work. In general, good cause means that your reason for leaving the position was job-related and was so compelling that you had no other choice than to leave.

Benefits are limited to a maximum of between 16 and 26 weeks as determined by Kansas law and are only payable under certain circumstances as described in this guide. Benefits are paid from a trust that is funded by employers through their unemployment insurance taxes.

Unemployed, and. Worked in Kansas during the past 12 months (this period may be longer in some cases), and. Earned a minimum amount of wages determined by Kansas guidelines, and. Actively seeking work each week you are collecting benefits.