File online
You may file a claim for unemployment benefits in Kentucky on the Internet at kewes.ky.gov.
File by phone:
Call the Interactive Voice Response System (IVR)
toll-free at (866) 291-2926 to file a claim for
Kentucky unemployment insurance benefits.
IVR is available Sunday from 2 to 9 p.m.
Eastern time and from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Eastern time on Monday through Friday.
The Department for Employment Services, Division of Unemployment Insurance, is pleased to introduce its Interactive Voice Response System (IVR). By using touch tone telephone service, you may claim your weeks or request the status of your last week claimed.
Week Claiming and Last Week Claimed is available on Sunday from 2 p.m. until 9 p.m. eastern time and Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m. Eastern time. Phone calls for the IVR system will only be answered during these times. Every 6-10 weeks the system will advise you that it is time to come into the office for a periodic interview. When this occurs please bring the claim card that you received with your last Unemployment Insurance check.
This system offers you the availability of a faster payment. In about the same amount of time it takes you to fill out your pay order card, address it, and take it to the mail box, you can enter your weeks for payment over the telephone. It's that simple and fast!
State of Kentucky Unemployment Benefit Information
The system is easy to use. It will talk you through the step-by-step process. In most cases, you will get three (3) attempts to enter the correct information. To further assist you, a brief outline is shown below.
Please have the following information readily available before you place your call to the voice response unit.
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