Getting unexpectedly laid off can be enormously challenging and even traumatic. Even if your company complies with the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act, which requires notifying employees of an approaching workforce reduction, the actual news can still leave you scrambling.
Finding yourself in this position means you have many decisions to consider, but filing for unemployment should be one of the first moves you make. Unemployment insurance, which provides cash benefits to qualified workers, can help supplement emergency savings and cover bills and essentials while you look for work.
