What is "Insured employment" (pertaining to filing for unemployment benefits)?

I wanted to file for unemployment but one of the guidelines is that you must have been in "insured employment" for X amount of days... I was a contract worker for about a year and a half (mostly getting atleast 38 hours a week sometimes even more) with no benefits from my temp agency.





Will I qualify?

What is "Insured employment" (pertaining to filing for unemployment benefits)?
you work for the temp agency not for whomever you were actually performing duties. has the temp agency terminated your employment? do they have other work for you? the problem of agency work is in most states it is not covered under unemployment due to the fact the job is "temporary" and you know it when you start to work for them. as a contractor you work for yourself.





you need to file for unemployment the worst that can happen is you don't qualify for benefits. every case is decided on it's own merits so the only way to know for sure is to file and if denied appeal. websites all give general information about qualifying but there are exceptions to every rule and filing is the only way to know.
Reply:The question is.. Were taxes and Social Security taken out of your pay? If so, you should qualify if they can't give you further work.
Reply:some states would consider you a casual employee or partime in which case you would not qualify, especially if you received a 1099