

Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC): Provided additional weeks of unemployment benefits to claimants who exhausted all eligible weeks of benefits in the state’s regular unemployment system.Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (FPUC): Provided an additional weekly $300 supplemental payment to claimants who received at least $1 of regular or federal unemployment benefits.Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA): Provided unemployment benefits to individuals not traditionally eligible to receive unemployment benefits, such as self-employed workers.If you believe your unemployment debit card has been fraudulently acted on, please contact our card vendor Conduent at 86 or visit September 4, 2021, federal pandemic unemployment programs ended. If you suspect fraudulent actions have been done in your name or if you receive a debit card, a letter with claim information, or any indication that someone may have fraudulently filed a claim in your name, please complete our online fraud form. If you are still working, you should contact the personnel department at your place of employment. If you believe you have been contacted by a scammer claiming to be OESC, whether through the mail, phone or online, it is advised to not provide any personal or claim information until you have contacted OESC directly and independently of that correspondence.Īnyone with questions about communications they have received that claim to be from OESC can confirm if this is fraudulent by speaking with a representative by calling (405) 525-1500 or visiting one of our Oklahoma Works offices located throughout the state. We encourage people who have received correspondence that seems suspicious to report it to OESC so our team can investigate the origin. These scam efforts are similar to those that individuals may have encountered online or over the phone. If you have received unemployment benefits in the past three (3) years, you will have to use your existing card or request a new one.įor more information on your debit card visit As part of our ongoing efforts to mitigate fraud, OESC has become aware that some claimants have received letters in the mail from scammers posing as the agency. Do not throw the debit card away, as you will need it to retrieve funds or set up a bank transfer to put the funds in your personal bank. It may take 1-2 weeks to receive your card. The card will be issued to you at the time your first eligible week processes although, keep in mind your first week is your waiting period and no benefits will be paid that week. Your benefits will paid to you on an Unemployment Insurance debit card. Weekly certifications are necessary to receive benefits, and become available the Sunday after a week has completed. File weekly certifications on UI.ok.gov for every week you are unemployed.Job searches can be done through, as well as other websites such as or.


Keep a record of these work searches for two (2) years for auditing purposes by using our Work Search Form (view an example of a completed form).This includes performing two (2) work search efforts each week benefits are claimed. Be able and available to seek and accept suitable work.

