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 26 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 you are a business, you generally can expect to pay back whatever your former employees receive in benefits, in a greater than 1-to-1 ratio, in UI taxes.  If you are a reimbursing employer, you generally would repay the face amount.  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.