The Maryland Division of Unemployment Insurance offices and call centers will be closed on Monday, September 2, 2024, in observance of the Labor Day holiday. We will resume our normal operations on Tuesday, September 3, 2024.
Please note that due to the holiday and bank closures, your benefit payment may be delayed.
You may continue to file weekly claim certifications while state offices are closed through the BEACON portal, available at https://beacon.labor.md.gov/. If you have questions, please call the Division at 667-207-6520 from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.
The main shipping channel to the Port of Baltimore reopened on June 10, 2024. If you are a UI claimant who applied for benefits after becoming temporarily unemployed due to the collapse of the Francis Scott Key bridge, you are only eligible for benefits as long as your temporary unemployment lasts. Subject to limited exceptions including a reduction in work hours, once your employment at the Port resumes, you are no longer entitled to unemployment benefits and should stop filing weekly certifications. If you continue to file for benefits after you resume employment at the Port and intentionally fail to disclose or provide false information about your employment, you will be determined to have committed UI fraud. If you are found to have committed fraud, you will be considered overpaid for all benefits acquired fraudulently; required to repay the fraudulently acquired benefits with a 15% penalty and 1.5% monthly interest on the total amount of benefits plus the 15% penalty; and disqualified from receiving UI benefits for at least one year. In addition, you may be subject to imprisonment, a fine of up to $1,000, or both. Please contact the Division at 667-207-6520 if you have any questions.
If you are a claimant (an individual who files a claim for unemployment insurance benefits) who is new to the unemployment insurance process, visit the Information for New Claimants webpage
