How to Qualify for Tier 2 Unemployment
- 1). Meet the qualifications for basic unemployment benefits in your state and receive a claim approval for them.
- 2). Collect those benefits until you exhaust the total claim amount allowable by your state by January 3, 2012.
- 3). Continue to meet the qualifications for basic unemployment benefits in your state while you collect Tier 1 benefits.
- 4). Exhaust those 20 weeks of Tier 1 benefits by January 3, 2012.
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