Effective October 1, 2019 Enhanced

Fraud Penalties Will Apply!

Claiming Unemployment Insurance (UI) benefits based

on providing false, misreported, or unreported infor-

mation to the Arkansas Division of Workforce Services

(ADWS) is considered UI fraud. If you deliberately make

a false statement or withhold information to receive ben-

efits, you are committing an act of fraud. Below are

reduced to zero.

The application of the fraud disqualification period

will increase from 2 ½ years to 5 years.

All fraudulently obtained benefits, including penal-

ties and interest must be repaid prior to receiving

any future unemployment benefits.

The fraud penalty is increasing from 15% to 50%.

Is Severance Pay

separation pay. Failure to report

separation pay when filing a

claim can result in a determina-

tion of fraud and ensuing penal-

ties will apply.