What are the basic eligibility requirements to qualify for unemployment?
Be fully or partially unemployed; Be unemployed through no fault of your own [the law imposes disqualifications for certain types of separations from employment]; Be physically and mentally able to work full time*; Be available for full-time work*; Be registered with the Connecticut Works Center; Be actively seeking work by making reasonable efforts to find employment each week; Participate in selected reemployment services if you are identified as a dislocated worker by the profiling system; File your weekly claims as directed. *Individuals who cannot work because of a physical or mental impairment that is chronic or expected to be long-term or permanent may qualify for benefits if they are available for suitable part-time work.
