Unemployment Insurance/Fraud Awareness

Connecticut Department of Labor’s ReEmployCT: Tax and Benefits System

Filing for unemployment insurance benefits is completed online by visiting, https://portal.ct.gov/DOLUI, and clicking on the “Start a New Claim” button.

Go to Connecticut Department of Labor for the following additional assistance:

American Job Center locations
Paid and Unpaid Leave Programs
Job Finding Assistance
Appeals Process
Interpretation of unemployment and labor laws

PROTECTING YOURSELF FROM UNEMPLOYMENT FRAUD

Since March 2020, CTDOL has stopped more than 450,000 fraudulent claims and prevented nearly $5 billion in unemployment payments to imposters. Prior to the pandemic, most unemployment fraud was committed by people working and attempting to collect unemployment benefits. The pandemic caused a spike in unemployment fraud due to imposter claims—using a stolen identity to try to file a claim. Visit the Connecticut Department of Labor’s website to learn more about the following signs of unemployment fraud.

If individuals receive a ‘Notice of Monetary Determination’ letter and you did not file for unemployment benefits, an imposter has submitted a claim using your information. File an identity theft report form, available on the CTDOL fraud watch page, so we can protect your benefits and ensure no fraud claims are paid out. In many cases, notices from CTDOL are the first indicator that a resident’s identity has been stolen.
If individuals receive a 1099 tax form from CTDOL but did not file for unemployment benefits during the tax year, file an identity theft report form linked on the CTDOL fraud watch page.
If individuals are an employer, you automatically receive notices when an employee files for unemployment benefits. If you receive a notice, but your employee is still working full-time, follow the instructions to report this to CTDOL, or file an identity theft report form on behalf of the employee.

HOW TO FIND PROVIDERS IN CONNECTICUT’S COMMUNITY RESOURCES DATABASE:
Search by service keyword: Unemployment Insurance

Search by service keyword: Electronic Transfer Accounts

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SOURCE: Connecticut Department of Labor
PREPARED BY: 211/ch
CONTENT LAST REVIEWED: December2025