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- Certify for Weekly Benefits
Completing the weekly reemployment activities is the first step of a weekly claim. After you certify your reemployment activities in IowaWORKS, you must log into the weekly claim filing system on the IWD website and file your weekly claim for benefits.
For more information, read our guides about how to certify for weeks of benefits before and after September 4, 2021. Be sure to return to this webpage to continue to certification.
File your weekly claim to continue receiving unemployment insurance benefits. Monday through Friday: 8:00 AM - 5:30 PM Sunday: 8:00 AM - 11:30 PM.
Job Seekers. IWD has the resources to help all Iowans - including those unemployed and employed - find their next career path. Unemployment Insurance. Unemployed Iowans can file for benefits and receive one-on-one assistance to begin their path to reemployment. Employers.
To receive your unemployment insurance benefits, you must certify for benefits each week which you wish to receive benefits. You can only certify for benefits after the week has passed. Unemployment Insurance weeks begin on a Sunday and end at midnight on Saturday.
Most claimants are required to conduct weekly employment activities as part of continuing their eligibly for unemployment. This process is key to reentering the workforce and finding a new career path that aligns with your skills and interests.