Employers and Agents: Review Your NCSUITS Account Information
Please keep your NCSUITS email addresses and other contact information current. Keeping your email addresses up to date helps you get important notices.
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Be alert to fraud scams! DES won’t contact you about unclaimed benefits or ask for your password/user-ID.
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Attention Employers: 2Q2026 Delinquent Reports
2Q2026 delinquent notices were sent Aug. 21. Please file your missing reports ASAP in NCSUITS. Paper filers: Due to high paper report volume, delays are expected—no need to call.
DES Support Centers Closed Sept. 10
The UI Support Centers will be closed on Thurs., Sept. 10 for staff training. We will reopen and resume normal hours on Fri., Sept. 11 at 8 a.m. Thank you for your understanding.
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North Carolina residents who received unemployment benefits in 2025 can now view or download their 1099-G tax form online through their secure MyNCUIBenefits account at the
The Division of Employment Security is ready to help federal government workers affected by the government shutdown.Employees in North Carolina who are furloughed or lose their jobs due to the temporary federal government shutdown may apply for unemployment benefits as soon as the first day the shutdown occurs.
The N.C. Division of Employment Security (DES) is introducing a new online record-keeping process for work search activities for anyone filing new claims on or after March 23 in Northampton, Hertford, Gates, Camden, Pasquotank, Chowan, Perquimans, Currituck, Bertie, Halifax, Martin, Washington, Tyrrell, Dare, Pitt, Beaufort, or Hyde counties.
La fecha límite para solicitar la Asistencia de Desempleo por Desastre (DUA) se ha extendido hasta el 7 de abril de 2025 para 39 condados de Carolina del Norte y la zona de la Banda Oriental de Indios Cherokee de Carolina del Norte. La fecha límite anterior era el 10 de marzo de 2025.
Raleigh, N.C. - The deadline to timely apply for Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA) has been extended to April 7, 2025, for 39 North Carolina counties and the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians of North Carolina. The previous deadline was March 10, 2025.
There are only four days left to timely apply for Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA) for 39 North Carolina counties and the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians of North Carolina. The deadline to timely file for DUA benefits is March 10.Approximately 19,680 survivors of Hurricane Helene have received $81,175,356 in disaster-related unemployment benefits since the storm swept across Western North Carolina in late September 2024. This surpasses the number of people who received benefits from Hurricanes Matthew (2016), Florence (2018) and Fred (2021) combined.
El 10 de marzo es la fecha límite para solicitar la Asistencia de Desempleo por Desastre (DUA) para 39 condados de Carolina del Norte y la zona de la Banda Oriental de los Indios Cherokee de Carolina del Norte.
Raleigh, N.C. - The March 10th deadline to timely apply for Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA) for 39 North Carolina counties and the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians of North Carolina is quickly approaching. N.C. Commerce's Division of Employment Security (DES) will review late applications on a case-by-case basis.
Today, the Commerce Department’s Division of Employment Security launched ‘Felix,’ a new Artificial Intelligence-powered chatbot to help anyone who files a new claim for unemployment benefits navigate the process of submitting a claim.“We designed Felix to help streamline the claim filing process, creating a more efficient and accessible system to apply for unemployment benefits,” said DES Assistant Secretary M. Antwon Keith. “This is an easy-to-use tool that will assist people any time of the day, allowing them to get answers quickly.”
The deadline to apply for Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA) has been extended to March 10, 2025, for people in 39 North Carolina counties and the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians of North Carolina.
