UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE

**Benefits**
***	DC	Maryland	Virginia

Maximum Benefit	$359 Weekly	$250 Weekly	$224 Weekly
Waiting Period	One Week	None	One Week
Benefit Pay Period	Bi-Weekly	Bi-Weekly	Bi-Weekly/May Vary

Benefits are received by mail from all three jurisdictions.

**Benefit Period**
***	DC	Maryland	Virginia

Year	52 Weeks	52 Weeks	52 Weeks
Maximum Weeks Paid	20 to 26	26	12 to 26
Base Period	1st four of last five completed Calendar quarters.	same	same
Work Search	Claimants must be able, available, and actively seeking work.	same	same

**Base Period Employer Pensions**
***	DC	Maryland	Virginia

Monthly annuity	deductible	deductible	deductible
Social Security	deductible	Not deductible	deductible
Lump Sum Pay Out	deductible	Not deductible	Not deductible*

**Other Pensions#**
***	DC	Maryland	Virginia

Military	deductible	Not deductible	Not deductible*
Social Security	deductible	Not deductible	deductible
Government/Company	deductible	Not deductible	deductible

Wages Earned	Wages earned from part-time or full-time employment are deductible against your unemployment insurance.

**Severance Pay (Job Abolishments)**
***	DC	Maryland	Virginia

Paid in Lump Sum Distribution	deductible	Not deductible	If allocated, deductible
Paid in Payroll Installments	deductible	Not deductible	deductible

**Vacation Pay**
***	DC	Maryland	Virginia

Paid Under Job Abolishments	deductible	Not deductible	deductible
Paid in Lump Sum Distribution	deductible	Not deductible	deductible
Paid in Payroll Installments	deductible	Not deductible	deductible

**Appeals**
***	DC	Maryland	Virginia

Filing Period	10 days	15 days	21 days

Unemployment Insurance Benefits are taxable -- 1099 Forms are distributed to claimants in January of the following year.
Deductible -- Means receipt of these payments may be partially or fully deductible from your unemployment insurance benefits.
Not Deductible -- Means receipt of these payments under these conditions should not cause any reduction in your unemployment insurance benefits.
# Other Pensions -- are defined as those benefits received from employers that did not pay wages in the base period used for setting up your unemployment insurance claim.
* In Virginia, if the payment is made in installments and is attributable to a period of time, it is always deductible.

Page created 29 Oct 1996