Is it Worth It?

The answer to that question is entirely up to you, based upon your own unique circumstances.  The minimum amount of unemployment benefits in Kentucky is $39 a week, and the maximum amount is $720 per week.  With the duration someone can receive benefits ranges from 16 to 24 weeks (depending upon the seasonally adjusted statewide unemployment rate that applies to previous six-month period beginning either January 1 or July 1), the most someone in Kentucky could receive in unemployment benefits per job loss is $17,280 if at 24 weeks, and if at 16 weeks (at the time of writing this, Kentucky is at 16 weeks).  If you are a business with a UI reserve account, you can generally expect to pay back more then whatever your former employee(s) receive in benefits, by way of increased UI payroll taxes.  If you are a reimbursing employer, you generally will repay the face amount of benefits actually paid to former employees.

If you are an individual and your claim was "monetarily eligible," the Division of Unemployment Insurance should have sent you a notice shortly after you filed your claim, telling you exactly what your weekly benefit amount would be.  To figure out how much may be at stake in your case, you can multiply that amount by the current maximum number of weeks of benefits as listed at Unemployment-Insurance-Benefits-Calculator.  If you go back to work before that, the amount of benefits you could receive would go down. 

If you decide you want representation in your unemployment matter, our goal is to provide outstanding service and a good value.  While there can be no guarantees in litigation, we have the experience to present your case in the best possible light.