Applicants
- Maryland Unemployment Insurance Claimant Guide
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Helpful Resources for Claimants
- Video - Sometimes Good People Make Bad Decisions
- Issues, Disqualifying Reasons and Penalties
- Information and Documents Needed for Claims Filing
- Claimant Contact Information
- BEACON 2.0 Claimant Tutorial Videos
- Apply for Unemployment Insurance Benefits in BEACON 2.0
Solicitar Beneficios en BEACON - File Your WEBCERT
- Maryland’s Work Search Requirements
- Maryland’s Valid Reemployment Activities List
- How to use MWE Job Contact and Reemployment Activity Log
- UI Fraud Prevention Tip
- Benefit Payment Control - Overpayments & Fraud
Request for Waiver - Appeals
- Tax Planning Note for Claimants
- Flyers, Forms, and Publications for Claimants
- Español
La Guía del usuario del portal de reclamantes
Nota para Planificación de Impuestos para los Reclamantes
Employers & Third Party Agents
- Employers' Quick Reference Guide
- Frequently Asked Questions for Employers & Third Party Agents
- Employers’ General UI Contributions Information & Definitions
- Helpful Resources for Employer& Third Party Agents
- Annual Rating and Benefit Charge Statements FAQs
- Tax Rates for 2021
- Video - Spend Time to Save Money
- Control Your Unemployment Insurance Costs
- New Employer Account Registration
- UI Modernization BEACON Information for Employers & Third Party Agents
- BEACON Tutorial Videos for Employers & Third-Party Agents
- BEACON 2.0 Account Activation for Employers and Third-Party Agents
- BEACON 2.0 Employer Login
File and Pay Quarterly Contribution Report
Submit a Request for Separation Information
Update Return to Work Information or Report Job Refusals - State Information Data Exchange System (SIDES)
- Reporting New Hires
- Work Sharing Layoff Aversion Program
- Appeals
- Owe Taxes? No Driver's License or Vehicle Registration Renewal
- Forms and Publications
- Contact Information
BEACON 2.0 Claimant Tutorial Videos - Unemployment Insurance
The new, fully-modernized BEACON 2.0 system launched in September 2020 and integrates benefits, appeals, and tax functionalities. Claimants can access a host of online features in BEACON to conveniently perform unemployment insurance tasks 24/7. Several tutorial videos, which include step-by-step instructions for using BEACON, are included below.
New Features for Claimants
Claimants will now be able to:
- Receive immediate updates regarding their claim status, including up-to-date information about their eligibility
- Retrieve correspondence and other claimant information
- Review benefit payment history
- Respond to fact-finding requests (as required) for additional information
- Submit supporting documents for Adjudication or Appeals
- File appeals
- Track and pay overpayments
- Use reemployment services
- Maintain their portal account
Existing Features for Claimants
Claimants will still be able to:
- Access their unemployment insurance claim 24 hours / 7 days per week
- File initial claims for all program types:
- Regular UI
- Unemployment Compensation for Federal Employees (UCFE)
- Unemployment Compensation for Ex-Servicemembers (UCX)
- Combined Wage Claim (CWC) - Maryland and Out-of-State Claim
- Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA)
- Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC)
- Extended Benefits (EB)
- Work Sharing
- Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA)
- File weekly claim certifications
- Update Account details
- Name
- Address
- Update requests for Tax withholding
- Mobile App
- Review benefit payment history
Introducing the BEACON Claimant Application
Account Activation and Login
Account Registration
Account Maintenance
Account Navigation
Updating Benefit Payment Information and Income Tax Withholding
Filing Your Weekly Certification
Filing an Appeal
Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC) Application
Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) Application
Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) Weekly Claim Request
Overview of Claimant Portal
View and Complete an Action Item
Viewing Correspondence
Viewing Messages
Need Help?
If you have questions regarding BEACON 2.0, you may ask them via our new Inquiry Form or by calling an agent at 667-207-6520. Please include your full legal name, complete address, phone number, e-mail address, the last four digits of your Social Security number, claimant ID number, and/or a brief description of the issue you are experiencing in the Inquiry Form.