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 call an agent at 667-207-6520.