So if the agency says I’m eligible, that means I get my unemployment benefits, right?
Not necessarily. “Eligibility” is only the first step. But there is also a second step. Even if you are “eligible,” the employer may be able to prove that you should be “disqualified.”
To over-simplify a bit, “disqualification” usually happens if the person has done something wrong that somehow caused their own unemployment. There are other reasons, but they don’t come up very often. So we won’t discuss them here.
So if I'm eligible and not disqualified, how much will I get?